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Forese has a stock in the Paduan area and one in Puglia, especially in the Bari area. Foresi is typical of the central belt that includes Marche, Umbria and north-central Lazio, Foresio, very rare, it is typical of the south, in particular Puglia, Forense, absolutely rare. , has a Piedmontese and a Sardinian stock, Forensi, even more rare is from the north. additions provided by Stefano Ferrazzi The origin of these surnames is to be found in the nickname or medieval name Forese (with an archaic variant in Forensic), a term that, in ancient Italian, meant foreigner, stranger and, sometimes, also country, peasant (see Forestiere and Contadino): from the etymological point of view, the term advent originates from the Latin adjective forensis, in turn derived from the adverb foris, the Italian outside (as if to indicate a person who comes from outside of a community). However, traces of the name Forese are already found in Siena in the 13th century, with characters such as Forese di Rustichello and Forese di Martino; also with this name, we can also remember the figure of Forese Donati, who, within the Divine Comedy of Dante, makes his appearance in the cantico del Purgatorio (Forese, in reality, was the cousin of Dante's wife). As far as the surnames in question are concerned, therefore, these are the surnames or personal names of the founders or of the nicknames attributed to them.
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