Famiglia che da Cordignano si trasferì a Conegliano, dove il 30 marzo 1799, un Giuseppe Ciotti venne ascritto a quel nobile Consiglio. La S.R.A. del 1 febbraio 1821 confermò la nobiltà allo stesso. Sono iscritti nell’Elenco ufficiale i seguenti figli di Francesco: 1. Pietro, n. Conegliano, 27 settembre 1877; 2. Lucia n. Conegliano 7 gennaio 1875; 3. Angela, n. Conegliano, 17 agosto 1880, in avv. Domenico Tartaglia; 4. Tommaso, n. Conegliano, 28 agosto 1882. Zia: Caterina, in nob. Buffonelli. Altro ramo. Questa famiglia avendo provato la sua ascrizione al ceto nobile di Civitacastellana, venne riconosciuta in questo titolo con Decreto del Capo del Governo in data 29 novembre 1928. Sono iscritti nel Libro d’Oro della Nobiltà Italiana e nell’Elenco Ufficiale Nobile Italiano del 1933, col titolo di Nobile di Civitacastellana (maschi e femmine) in virtù del sopra citato decreto di Riconoscimento: Pietro, di Bonaventura. Figli: Giovanni, Bonaventura. Figli di Bonaventura: Carlo, Anna Maria, Maria Maddalena. Altro ramo. Un Niccolò acquistò il feudo di Roccazzo, di Ferro Inferiore e Superiore, del quale ottenne investitura il 18 aprile 1811. La famiglia è iscritta genericamente nell’Elenco Ufficiale Nobile Italiano del 1922 col titolo di Signore di Roccazzo di Ferro Superiore e Inferiore in persona dell’ultimo riconoscimento a Niccolò Ciotti (18 aprile 1811).. Riguardo a questo cognome abbiamo ritrovato ulteriori informazioni storiche in altri archivi. Purtroppo in lingua originale Inglese. : This Italian Last Name of CIOTTI was primarily an ethnic name meaning ‘The Frenchman’, and owed much of its popularity in the Middle Ages to the fame to St. Francis of Assissi (1181-1226) who was the Italian religious founder of the Franciscan Order, born in Assisi, the son of a wealthy merchant. He was remarkable for his happiness and love of life, and although he joined a military expedition, he was halted by a dream and returned to devote himself to the care of the poor and sick. He was canonized by Pope Gregory 1X in 1228, and in 1980 was designated patron saint of ecology. The name has spread widely in many forms throughout Europe. 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. In the Middle Ages heraldry came into use as a practical matter. It originated in the devices used to distinguish the armoured warriors in tournament and war, and was also placed on seals as marks of identity. As far as records show, true heraldry started in the middle of the 12th century, and appeared almost simultaneously in several states of Western Europe….
Noble title: Nobili – Signori
Coat of arms: D’argento all’agnello pasquale al naturale, passante sopra un monte di verde di tre cime…