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Matera, specific to southern Italy, Puglia and Basilicata in particular, would appear to be of Albanian origin, and derive from a nickname, in Albanian mat-erë, which derives from the verb mat (measure) and from erë (wind), with the meaning of the one who measures the wind, it cannot however be excluded that, in some cases it may also derive directly from the name of the city of Matera, a Jewish origin is very unlikely. We remember with this surname Leon Filippo Matera Bishop of Martirano in the Catanzaro area, who was advisor to the Empress Costanza d'Altavilla (1154 -1198), and later became Giustiziere of Calabria in Cosenza. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Matera from the homonymous toponym whose name could derive from the Latin 'materias / matera' = work wood, for construction, or, according to C. Battisti's hypothesis, to be traced back to the oronimic basis * mat = height. P. Minervini 313.
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