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Pilotta is specific to the province of Enna, to Piazza Armerina and Barrafranca, Pilotti, uncommon, is present in the northern spot of the leopard, possible stumps are in the Brescia area, in Liguria, in the Ravenna area and in Teramo, Pilotto is decidedly Venetian, they should all derive from the medieval name Pilottus of which we have an example in the Diplomatic Code of Medieval Lombardy in a Short pignoris of 1133 in Milan: "... et posuit fideiussorem Pilottum, germanum suum. and item dedit guadiam ipse Bonbellus eidem Rogerio, ut si suprascripte res sunt in alia parte aliquo mode obligate, quod eas free habet; fideiussor extitit exinde suprascriptus Pilottus, germanus suus ... ", could also derive in some cases from modifications of the pilot term, traces of these surnames are found in Venice since 1500, in one act a certain Paolo Pilotto quondam Federico is quoted as a seller.
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