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Manteca is absolutely rare, absolutely Lombard Mantegazza and Mantica, originating in the area between Varese, Como and Milan, should derive from a nickname linked to the dialect word mantega or mantica (ointment), of this use we have an example in the Diplomatic Code of Lombardy Medieval in an act written in 1145 in Caponago (MI): "... Signum + manuum Iohannis qui dicitur Bordigatius, Alberti qui dicitur Mantega, ...", there are very ancient traces of the surname Mantegazza, the sculptor Cristoforo Mantegazza (Pavia 1430 ? - 1482) and his brother Antonio also a renowned sculptor. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Mantegazza is one of the few surviving surnames of the Middle Ages. The surname might be derived from the toponym of the small town near Vanzago, in the province of Milan. But Lurati believes that the toponym derives instead from the surname, testified at least since 1546, and probably derived from the dialect word "mantega" which stands for bellows: so we are faced with a family name that was formed on a craft, that of those who build bellows for blacksmiths. Another interpretation: it derives from the Latin 'mantica', the name used to designate the bag of travelers that was hung from the back, with one part falling in front and the other behind. It is an exquisitely Milanese surname and Mantegazza is the pejorative of 'mantica', in dialect. It can be assumed that at the beginning there was a nickname, which over the centuries became a real surname.
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