Originaria del castello omonimo di Bazzano sulla frontiera bolognese, e divisa in più rami sparsi nei suddetti paesi. Quello di Modena era considerato nel 1306 fra le famiglie nobili e potenti, e da esso trasse origine Virgina famosa poetessa del XVIII secolo maritata ad un Cavazzoni, e fu preceduta da un Giovanni, cronista vivente nel XIV secolo. A quello di Montefestino appartenne il Dott. Pellegrino, Podestà di Sassuolo nel 1694 e poi Governatore del Frignano nel 1704. Dal ramo di Vignola discendono Ercole Dottore ed Arciprete in patria nel XVI secolo a due governatori del poprio paese. Fu costume delle più antiche famiglie, le quali dopo la caduta del Romano Imperio, in quella inondatione de’ Barbari, havendo i loro cognomi, sicome gli studi, e altre cose belle smarrito e restati solo con semplici nomi, trarre di nuovo i loro cognomi, e il loro casato da’ nomi proprii paterni, e de’ maggiori.. Riguardo a questo cognome abbiamo ritrovato ulteriori informazioni storiche in altri archivi. Purtroppo in lingua originale Inglese. : This Last Name of BAZZANO is of English and French origin, from a medieval given name spelled thus, but ultimately from the Greek Basileios ‘Royal’ the name borne by a 4th century bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, regarded as one of the four Fathers of the Eastern Church; he wrote important theological works and established a rule for religious orders of monks. In some cases the Last Name also comes from the feminine form of the given name. St Basilla (AD 304) was a Roman maiden, who according to legend chose death rather than marry a pagan. Various other saints are also known under this name Basilla. The popularity of the name Vasili in Russia is largely due to the fact that this was the Church name of St. Vladimir (956-1015) Prince of Kiev, who was chiefly responsible for the introduction of Christianity to Russia. The earliest French hereditary last names are found in the 12th century, at more or less the same time as they arose in England, but they are by no means common before the 13th century, and it was not until the 15th century that they stabilized to any great extent; before then a Last Name might be handed down for two or three generations, but then abandoned in favour of another. In the south, many French last names have come in from Italy over the centuries, and in Northern France, Germanic influence can frequently be detected. Early records of the name mention BASILIA (without Last Name) who was recorded in County Norfolk, England in the year 1134, and Willelmus filius Basilie appears in 1219 in County Yorkshire. Basill Vidua was documented in County Sussex in the year 1296, and Ralph Basille of Yorkshire was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. The name has numerous variant spellings which include Baseley, Basley, Bazeley, Bazeley, Bassil, Bassill, Bazell and Bazelle. The bulk of European last names in states such as England and France were formed in the 13th and 14th centuries. The process started earlier and continued in some places into the 19th century, but the norm is that in the 11th century people did not have last names, whereas by the 15th century they did….
Noble title: Nobili
Coat of arms: Spaccato; nel primo scaccato di rosso e d’oro di due file; nel secondo di verde, a tre melograne al naturale con stelo e foglie ordinate in fascia; col capo dell’Imper…