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Catani is typical of the central belt that includes Romagna, Marche, Umbria, Tuscany and Lazio, Catano, much more rare it is specific to Bari and in particular to Canosa Di Puglia, it should derive from the medieval name Catanus of which we have an example in De casibus virorum illustrium by Boccaccio: "... Verum, ut hos omiserim, if rebus Romulde cum Gisulpho tranquillis habentibus, turbo cunta circumagitans repente exortus est. Nam Catanus, Avarorum rex, congregata armatorum multitudine hostiliter Gisulphi fines ingressus ...", according to others it derives instead from a contracted form of the medieval term capitaneus which became first capitanus and then catanus. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Catano, surname from Bari, for Minervini 135 is a variant of the toponym Catania, from the Byzantine Greek Katàne, Latin Catina, ancient Italian Catana. In Sicily it could derive from the Gaetano staff.
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