Typical of the area that includes the provinces of Milan, Como, Bergamo and Brescia, it should derive from the Latin name Bolo of which traces are found for example in the first century BC with the philosopher, physician and physicist Bolo di Mende the subsequent use of it it can for example be found in Albino (BG) in 1500 where in a deed of 1545 we speak of a Bolo, it was Giovanni Maria of the Omo sub-patron of the convent of S. Maria della Ripa di Albino. Trace of this surname is found in Bergamo in 1500, in a deed of 1583 a certain Martino de Bolis Judge of public charms is quoted.
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