Cimino family
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Cimino, or Cimini, is a family originating from Orvieto
Orvieto
Orvieto is a city and comune in Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff...

, here Jacopo de Cimini was made Podestà
Podestà
Podestà is the name given to certain high officials in many Italian cities, since the later Middle Ages, mainly as Chief magistrate of a city state , but also as a local administrator, the representative of the Emperor.The term derives from the Latin word potestas, meaning power...

 of Orvieto in 1248. Teodorico was commander in Florence in 1262. Biagio de Cimini was ambassador to the Papal States
Papal States
The Papal State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia .The Papal States comprised territories under...

 for Gentile Orsini, Podestà of Orvieto The family achieved additional nobility
Nobility
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 in Regno at the end of 1267. Bartolomeo is registered to be in the kingdom 1280.In 1290 Nicolo Cimino is made tax collector in Calabria. Tommaso, Pietro and Riccardo inherit the feudal lands of Rinaldo. Filippo Cimino is made adviser (consigliere)in Vico. 1273 three Cimino brother, Tomaso, Pietro and Rinaldo are sent to L'Aquila. Urbano Marino Cimino was given as a gift in 1423, from the crown, half the territory of Gabella della Garaffa dei Passi d'Abruzzi, Gabella dei Flagello and a castle in the upper part of Salerno. Urbano was made governor with royal mandate during the time queen Giovanna had left the crown to Renato d'Angio. Renato left the governing of the crown to 16 governors, until he could resume the crown, of which Urbano Cimino was one. A certain Leonardo Cimini moved from Orvieto
Orvieto
Orvieto is a city and comune in Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff...

 to Messina, Sicily and joined in matrimony with the noble family of Calasali from Messina. Leonardos son Pietro lived in Noto
Noto
Noto is a city and comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily . Its located 32 km southwest of the city of Syracuse at the foot of the Iblean Mountains and gives its name to the surrounding valley, Val di Noto...

, whose son Giacomo was made Patrizio
Patrizio
Patrizio is the third album of Italian baritone Patrizio Buanne. It was released in the United States on September 8, 2010, and in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2010.-Track listing:# "On The Street Where You Live"# "Crazy"...

 of his homeland by King Martino and the queen Maria, in 1396. His son Giovanni became a lawyer and was promoted by king Alfonso to the office of "Avocato Fiscale del Regno". Giovanni's son Giacomo became several times " Capitano " and "Ciurato" Among the noble families of Vico Equense
Vico Equense
Vico Equense is a coastal town and comune in the province of Naples, in the Campania region of southern Italy.-Geography:Vico Equense is part of the greater Bay of Naples metropolitan area and is a popular destination for tourists...

 the family of Cimini is registered year 1671 A branch of this family achieved sovereign privileges 10 March 1586, in Taranto
Taranto
Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....

, and also recorded as "Patrizia" here. Tommasso Cimini was recorded coming to Lucera in 1605, where he married Barbara Tauro, of a distinguished Luceran family, and had their son Giuseppe. The family is mention in the "Capella gentilizia de Signora Cimino nella Chiesa de PP. Cappoccini di Lucera". On 27 October 1788 a branch of the Cimino Family were created as Marquis
Marquis
Marquis is a French and Scottish title of nobility. The English equivalent is Marquess, while in German, it is Markgraf.It may also refer to:Persons:...

 of terra di Casolla Valenzano
Valenzano
Valenzano is a town and comune of about 18 548 inhabitants, situated in the province of Bari, in Puglia, Italy. The town, who's about 16 km2 extensive, it's known as a services city for the presence of several centers of scientific research, as Tecnopolis, one of the biggest of the Southern...

. This family is also registered as part of the nobility
Nobility
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 in Tropea
Tropea
Tropea is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria .The town is a famous bathing place, situated on a reef, in the gulf of St...

 .In 1670 the family is registered among the Barons and Feudal lords of Abruzzo
Abruzzo
Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...

 Citra Cimino was counted among the families the Carafa family in 1700 related And in 1738 de Cimini is registered among the important families of Opi
OPI
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. A branch of the Cimini family was accepted to be included among the nobility
Nobility
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 in Recanati
Recanati
Recanati is a town and comune in the Province of Macerata, Marche region of Italy. Recanati was founded around 1150 AD from three pre-existing castles. In 1290 it proclaimed itself an independent republic and, in the 15th century, was famous for its international fair...

 year 1710. This ancient family had its noble privileges confirmed in 1341 by king of Naples Robert Anjou
Anjou
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 and by king of Naples Ladislas Anjou – Durazzo in 1407. King Ladislas sent to Calabria Nicola Cimini as deputy treasurer for the whole of the duchy This family also attained the title Counts of Nicastro
Nicastro
Nicastro was a small town in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy.Since 1968 it constitutes, together with Sambiase and Sant'Eufemia Lamezia, the city of Lamezia Terme.- Geography :...

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Notable Cimini alias Cimino Family Members

  • Jacapo di Cimini, Podestà of Orvieto 1248,
  • Nicolo Jacapo de Cimini, Nobleman of Rione di Colonna in Rome
  • Giovanni Battista Cimini, made Bishop of Vico Equense
    Vico Equense
    Vico Equense is a coastal town and comune in the province of Naples, in the Campania region of southern Italy.-Geography:Vico Equense is part of the greater Bay of Naples metropolitan area and is a popular destination for tourists...

     year 1300, by Pope Boniface VIII
    Pope Boniface VIII
    Pope Boniface VIII , born Benedetto Gaetani, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303. Today, Boniface VIII is probably best remembered for his feuds with Dante, who placed him in the Eighth circle of Hell in his Divina Commedia, among the Simonists.- Biography :Gaetani was born in 1235 in...

  • Rufino de Cimino, papal Nunzio, 1317-1320
  • Tommasso Cimini, Canon
    Canon (priest)
    A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....

     of Rieti
    Rieti
    Rieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...

     d. ca 1340
  • Cecco di Cimini, Podestà
    Podestà
    Podestà is the name given to certain high officials in many Italian cities, since the later Middle Ages, mainly as Chief magistrate of a city state , but also as a local administrator, the representative of the Emperor.The term derives from the Latin word potestas, meaning power...

     of Rieti, noted in the war between Castelfranco and Rieti 1394
  • Serafino Cimini di Bazzano, (Abruzzo
    Abruzzo
    Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...

    ), alias Serafino dei Ciminelli, alias Serafino dell'Aquila (1466–1500), famous Italian poet and member of the Knights Hospitaller
    Knights Hospitaller
    The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's...

    s.
  • Giambattista Cimini, Nunzio of Spain under popes Clemens IV and Clemens X,he later became bishop of Lodi and Acquapendente
    Acquapendente
    Acquapendente is a city and comune in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio . Acquapendente is an important centre for the agricultural production of vegetables and wine, and has a tradition of pottery craftmanship.-History:...

  • Francesco Marie, bishop of Tarsi and Commander of Santo Spirito church, in Rome
  • Scipone Cimino, Tropea +1567 Notarius Publicus (1616–1627),
  • Francesco Cimino, Baron of Caccuri
    Caccuri
    Caccuri is a commune and town in the province of Crotone in Calabria, southern Italy.It is the birthplace of Renaissance statesman Cicco Simonetta.-Main sights:...

     partly sponsoring the Carmelite mission to Persia in 1604
  • Pietro Paulo Cimini, Bishop of Bagnorea +1649
  • Giovanni Battista Cimino, Major of Tropea
    Tropea
    Tropea is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria .The town is a famous bathing place, situated on a reef, in the gulf of St...

     1671
  • Giovanni Battista Cimini, Papal perfumist, and donator of Chapel Cimini in Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi
    Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi
    The church of Saint Anthony in Campo Marzio, known as Saint Anthony of the Portuguese , is a Baroque roman catholic titular church in Rome, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Lisbon.Established as titulus S...

     in Rome, which center piece was carved by Giacinto Calandrucci
    Giacinto Calandrucci
    Giacinto Calandrucci was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Originally from Palermo, he moved to Rome with the fellow Palermitaan painter and engraver Pietro del Pò. Like many painters in Rome in his day, then entered the large and prolific studio of Carlo Maratta...

     (1646–1707).
  • Antonio Cimino, Notarius Publicus, Tropea
    Tropea
    Tropea is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria .The town is a famous bathing place, situated on a reef, in the gulf of St...

     (1679–1713)
  • Giovanni Battista Cimino. Sr, Notarius Publicus, (1636–1689) Tropea
    Tropea
    Tropea is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria .The town is a famous bathing place, situated on a reef, in the gulf of St...

  • Angiola Cimini, Marchesana della Petrella
    Angiola Cimini, Marchesana della Petrella
    Angiola Cimini was the daughter of Italian nobleman, Giuseppi Cimino, avvocato fiscale del real patrimonio, and of Anna d'Arieta-Crespo, member of a noble family from Castigliana. She is most famous due to her friendship with the philosopher Giambattista Vico. He wrote a eulogy for her funeral in...

    , 1700–1727, Famous Italian noble woman through her friendship with Giambattista Vico
    Giambattista Vico
    Giovanni Battista ' Vico or Vigo was an Italian political philosopher, rhetorician, historian, and jurist....

    , who wrote an epilogue to her funeral in 1727
  • Giovanni Battista Cimino. Jr, Notarius Publicus, (1720–1773) Tropea
    Tropea
    Tropea is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria .The town is a famous bathing place, situated on a reef, in the gulf of St...

  • Giovanni Battista Cimini, Priori
  • Giovanni Battista Cimini, was made Count by Ferdinand, Duke of Mantua, 20/8/1682
  • Carlo Antonio Cimini, 1632 Baron
    Baron
    Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...

     of Opi
    OPI
    OPI may refer to:* OPI Nail Polish, a nail beauty product brand* Oremus Pro Invicem from the Latin, Let us Pray for each other * Open Payment Initiative* Over the phone interpreting* Oral Proficiency Interview...

    ,
  • Nicolo Cimino, Knights Hospitaller
    Knights Hospitaller
    The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's...

    , 29 February 1692, Priory of Capua
  • Edoardo Cimini, was made Marquis by Charles VI (Luxemburg, 2 May 1733). He also acquired the title "Patrizio é di Crotone"
  • Sister Angela Cimini, from Spiano
    Spiano
    Spiano is a frazione of the commune of Teramo in the Abruzzo Region of Italy. It sits about seven miles from Teramo on a hill that overlooks both the Tordino and the Vomano valleys.-Historical Origins:...

     outside Teramo
    Teramo
    Teramo is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo.The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines and the Adriatic coast...

    , Abruzzi.
  • Francesco Cimini.Paper factory owner in Amalfi.1800,
  • Gaetano Cimini born in Maiori 1753 married with Maria Amatruda.Paper factoryowner.
  • Pasqual Cimino, Notarius Publicus, (1720–1779) Tropea
    Tropea
    Tropea is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria .The town is a famous bathing place, situated on a reef, in the gulf of St...

  • Serafino Cimino da Capri, Minister General of the "Order of Friars Minor"(Franciscans) (1915–1921), Apostolic Delegate of Mexico (1924–1925), Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus (1924–1928), Apostolic Nuncio of Peru (1925–1928)
  • Dr.Stefano Della Pietra Cimini. Mayor of Maiori 2005/2009
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