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Pellini, quite rare, could have three nuclei, one in the Cremona and Piacenza areas, one in the area between La Spezia and Massa and one in the Reggio area, Pellino seems specific to the Neapolitan area, Caserta, should derive from a nickname linked to the Latin adjective pellinus (made of leather), probably indicating the job of those who worked the skin. additions provided by Aldo Piglia - Milan These surnames could derive from the medieval name Pellino, probable hypocoristic form of Jacopo, with the Jacopo process> Jacopello> Pello> Pellino. Of this name I found traces in the fourteenth century with the noble Pellino Baglioni (owner of Castel della Pieve, killed by the people in Perugia, in June 1393 together with other conspirators) and with the Umbrian painter Pellino di Vannuccio (active in Perugia between 1377 and 1402). A trace of these cognominal forms is found, still in Umbria, with Pompeo Pellini (Perugia 1523-1594), a historian.
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