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Typical of Brindisi and lower Bari, it should derive from a place name, originated from the medieval term petiola (small plot), a use present for example in a document of 1177: "... nominatim de Petiola a pram lawns ipse Otto dicebat se habere intus pratum suprascripti domains Rogerii quod iacet in territory of loco Axilliano ... ", traces of this surname can be found in Alberobello (BA) since at least 1700.
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