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Rivelli has a Marchigiano strain, in the province of Pesaro and Macerata, one in Naples and one in the Potentino, Rivello, much much rarer, has a small strain in the Salerno a Caselle in Pittari and Angri and one in Syracuse, in some cases may derive from the toponym Rivello (PZ), or from localities with the same name now disappeared, a hypothesis connects these surnames with the Gens Rubellia through a betacism and a dialect change, but it is also possible to derive from the name Renaissance Rivelius, it is also possible, even if Not very probable, a derivation from the archaic term Revello or rivello (fortification with protection grading) in this case would depend on characteristics of the dwelling place of the family. Traces of these cognitive events are found in Pisa at the beginning of 1300 in a proxy act: "... Pisis et ubique locorum et terrarum, ad exigendum et recipiendum a Raffo Longo Franciscino Veçoso, at Domino Petro de Rivello ianuensibus et quibuscumque aliis personis... ".
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