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Ursi is Barese, Urso is very widespread in Sicily, Calabria and Salento, with a stump, probably secondary in the Neapolitan, Ursone, very rare, it seems original of the Potentino, Urzi, quite uncommon is Sicilian, of Catania in particular, Urzo which is very uncommon is Neapolitan, all derive from variations of the Latin cognomen Ursus, of which one has an example in the Historia Veneticorum written by the Campania John the deacon towards the end of the ninth century, where one can read: "... Stephani Candiani filius et Stephanus de Sabulo, Dominicus Faletri filius, Ursus Grugnarius, duo Fratres Salbiani Filii et multi alii, appoints Corum ignoramus. ..."; Traces of this cognitive we find them in Irpinia in an act of 1132 where you can read: "... Paper Ursonis (genitive of Ursus i.e. Bear) et Iohannis, Filii Dauferii, de Scala and Miniano in Anditu qui est on site ubi Vineola dicitur.... ". Integrations provided by Paolo Francesco Barbaccia the family Urso enjoyed nobility in Messina in the fifteenth century; He passed to the order of Malta as a fourth of another family in the late SIXTEENTH century. He owned the Ranieri feud, the oil and cotton gabelle of Noto in the beginning of the XVI century. A Antonio obtained, at 10 March 1452, to build three Chianche in the port of Messina; A Paul acquired in the beginning of the XVI century Mangaliviti from Casa Santangelo; A Matthew was captain of justice in Caltagirone in the year 1515-16; A Francis was judge of the Court of Praetorian of Palermo in the year 1758-59, of the Court of Consistory in the years 1769-70-71. Weapon: of Azure, with the Golden Bear. Alias: Blue, to the silver band backed by three bands of the same and topped by a passing golden Bear.
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