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Bongiorni is specific to Piacenza and Piacenza with a stock also in Massa, Bongiorno is typical Sicilian, it has a stock, probably secondary in Puglia, deriving from the medieval auspicious name Bongiorno. additions provided by Cosimo De Giovanni Centelles The Bongiorno family is widespread in southern Italy, especially in the Sicilian with a large presence in Messina Catania and neighboring countries. According to Crollallanza - and other talented scholars - it derives from Patti or from Lentini obtaining privileges from the Aragonese sovereigns for the services rendered. According to others it is of Spanish origin and fell in Italy on the end of the fifteenth century. It seems that a branch has obtained the title of Barons of Santo Stefano and the governorate of the City of Messina. One such Alfonso Bongiorno of Aci Reale joined with a descendant of the Bourbons of the Two Sicilies of the branch of the Counts of Roccaguglielmina, whose ancestry still exists. The Palazzo Bongiorno of the 18th century still exists in Gangi. Present in the municipality of Giarre and Riposto (CT) represented by the lady woman Venera Bongiorno Buscemi fu Isidoro.
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