Historical Notes

Hailing from Scandiano, but of more ancient Modenese origins. Worthy of mention are: Antonio, son of Giovanni Battista, MD (1739-1821), a man of letters and a doctor of law, who held various magistrates' offices and served as lieutenant in the Este dominions, and finally, in Modena, as president of the Court of Justice during the Napoleonic era, and later president of the Court of First Instance under the Austro-Estenses.

For his merits as ducal lieutenant in Mirandola, the Council of that city included him and all his descendants in the noble class of Mirandola (26 November 1795).

His son, Giulio Ottavio, a doctor of law, a passionate bibliophile and a distinguished archaeologist, held the office of Director of the Police in Modena and was assassinated by Carbonaro on 19 May 1822.

His sons Ottavio and Carlo, on February 28, 1844, obtained enrollment in the nobility of Mirandola as descendants of the lawyer Antonio who had achieved it, as mentioned, in 1795.

The Modenese nobility was bestowed upon the aforementioned Carlo and his male descendants in the year 1847 (June 12). Living members: Antonio, son of Giulio, son of Carlo, son of Giulio. Children: Anna in Barassi, Carlo, Claudia, ...

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