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House of Fisichella

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Azure, with a natural tree topped by a perched argent turtle dove. Italian: Arma d'azzurro, con albero al naturale sormontato da una tortora appollaiata d'argento.

The House of Fisichella (Italian: Casa Fisichella) is an Italian noble family (of Sicilian origin), currently present in around 130 Italian municipalities.

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Onomastics

It's a Latin-based technonimic, feminine diminutive for fisicus (physician). It originated on the outskirts of Catania in the Middle Ages, probably to indicate the daughter of a physician.

Personalities

  • Francesco Fisichella, ambassador of the city of Catania at the court of Madrid since 1671.
  • Giuseppe Fisichella, judge of the High Court of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1770, 1772 and 1782.
  • Francesco Fisichella (born 1841), priest and philosopher.
  • Domenico Fisichella (born 1935), politician and professor.
  • Salvatore Fisichella (born 1943), tenor.
  • Rino Fisichella (born 1951), theologian and archbishop.
  • Giancarlo Fisichella (born 1973), racing driver.
  • Dimitri Fisichella (born 1974), television presenter and pitchman.

    • Curiosities

  • A mysterious "baron Fisichella" appears several times in The Council of Egypt (a Leonardo Sciascia's novel), interpreted in the derived film (of the same title) by Gilberto Idonea.

    • References

    House of Fisichella Wikipedia
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