Martino Celli, risieduto nel Magistrato dei Priori di Pistoia l’anno 1549, fu padre del dottore in leggi Ruffino, che da Caterina Sozzifanti ebbe Giuliano, un pronipote del quale, Matteo, di Cosimo, di Domizio, nato nel 1707, ottenne per decreto 9 giugno 1755 l’ascrizione al Patriziato pitoiese per sé e pei tre figli avuti da Francesca Conversini: Cosimo, Giulio e Piero. Questi fu padre di Domizio, Domizio Antonio, Anton Matteo, Eligio Ferdinando e Antonio Andrea, che, insieme con tre sorelle, figurano come ultimi iscritti nel Libro d’Oro dei Patrizi Pistoiesi. La famiglia è iscritta genericamente nell’Elenco Uff. Nob. Ital. del 1922, col titolo di Patrizio di Pistoia (mf.) in persona dei Discendenti da Piero, di Matteo. Altro ramo. Oriundi di Acquapendente. Il cav. Iacovacci ricorda i nomi seguenti: 1222 Nicolaum Cellium; 1389 Joannem Celli; 1458; 1458 Dom. Marola relicta q. Dni Jacobj de Cellis, Mater Sabbae Antonij de Mutis, sepulta est in Ecclesia S.ti Pantaleonis; 1494 Dom. Prosper de Cellis de Aquasparti; 1498 Nob. Viri Chistophoro de Cellis de Preneste, 1525 Lucae Antonij de Cellis. Altro ramo. Paolo nel 1604 priore del Comune, e dopo di lui, altri della sua famiglia esercitarono la stessa carica nei secoli XVII e XVIII unitamente a quella di consiglieri di conservatori. Altro ramo. Antica e nobile famiglia originaria di Modena. Buonamico Celli fu conservatore di Modena nel 1417.. Riguardo a questo cognome abbiamo ritrovato ulteriori informazioni storiche in altri archivi. Purtroppo in lingua originale Inglese. : This Italian Last Name of CELLI was both an occupational and locational name for a worker and dweller in a religious house. 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 – Patrizi
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