Le memorie di questa casa risalgono al XIII secolo. Ebbe uomini di legge, ed altri cui la patria affidò onorevoli ed importanti ambascerie, presso vari sovrani di Napoli. Della famiglia non si hanno più notizie dalla metà del XV secolo. Altro ramo. Illustre famiglia italiana, una delle più antiche e nobili degli Abruzzi, al dir di F. Sansovino nell’opera ” Origini e fatti delle famiglie illustri d’Italia”, stampato in Venezia nel 1770. L’origine di tal cognominizzazione, va ricercata nel nome antico Camillo, italianizzazione del personale samotracio Kadmilos, che, nell’antica mitologia greca, era il nome attribuito al padre dei Cabiri; dalla figura mitologica di Kadmilos, in seguito, presero il loro nome i cosiddetti camilli, giovani sacerdoti che assistevano a particolari riti sacrificali, conosciuti come i Misteri dei Grandi Dei. Altro ramo. Antica famiglia modenese, propagatasi in diverse regioni d’Italia, delle cui origini non vi sono notizie certe. Sembra, al dir di autorevoli genealogisti, che appartennero a tal casato membri di elevate virtù ma, la penuria delle scritture, ci priva di quelle curiosità più nobili che si possano desiderare. Degni di annovero sono: un Camillo Camilli, letterato del secolo decimo sesto; uno Stefano, collaboratore del giornale arcadico in Viterbo; un Annibale ed un Giulio, pittori del tempo che fu.. Riguardo a questo cognome abbiamo ritrovato ulteriori informazioni storiche in altri archivi. Purtroppo in lingua originale Inglese. : This Italian Last Name of CAMILLI was a baptismal name meaning ‘the descendant of Camillo’. It was also an occupational name meaning ‘one who was an attendant at religious ceremonies’. The associated coat of arms is recorded in Rietstaps Armorial General. Registered in Italy. As the agricultural depression of southern Italy worsened towards the end of the 19th century, people started to escape to the New World. The exodus started in earnest in 1887 with Brazil and other parts of Latin America being the original destinations. By 1893, the economy had improved in the United States and people headed there from Italy in greater and greater numbers. In 1898 there were more Italian immigrants to the USA than from any other state. In the post war era, more than a quarter of Italians left the state for a new life. They joined a flood of immigrants to America which was averaging a million a year in the pre war years. The origins of Italian last names are not clear, and much work remains to be done on medieval Italian records. It seems that stable bynames, in some cases hereditary, were in use in the Venetian Republic by the end of the 10th century. The typical Italian Last Name endings are ‘i’ and ‘o’, the former being characteristic of northern Italy. The singular form ‘o’ is more typical of southern Italy. The origin of badges and emblems, are traced to the earliest times, although, Heraldry, in fact, cannot be traced later than the 12th century, or at furthest the 11th century. At first armorial bearings were probably like last names and assumed by each warrior at his free will and pleasure, his object being to distinguish himself from others. It has long been a matter of doubt when bearing Coats of Arms first became hereditary. It is known that in the reign of Henry V (1413-1422), a proclamation was issued, prohibiting the use of heraldic ensigns to all who could not show an original and valid right, except those ‘who had borne arms at Agincourt’. The College of Arms (founded in 1483) is the Royal corporation of heralds who record proved pedigrees and grant armorial bearings. 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: D’argento, alla fascia di rosso, sormontata da una rosa dello stesso…