| ![Show Contents]() Capua History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Capua familyThe surname Capua was first found in Naples, (Italian: Napoli, Latin: Neapolis) former capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in southern Italy, and chief city of the province of Naples. It shares with Instanbul the claim to be the most beautiful city in Europe. Naples has 237 Churches and 57 Chapels. The National Museum and other galleries contain riches in art and artifacts. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. Early History of the Capua familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Capua research. Another 136 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1550, 1560, 1582, 1621, 1629, 1645, 1649, 1659, 1774 and 1810 are included under the topic Early Capua History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Capua Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Caputa, Caputo, Caputi, Capone, Capo, Caponi, Caponio, Capoccia, Capozzolo, Capocetti, Caponetti and many more. Early Notables of the Capua familyManilio Caputo, a famous poet in 1550; Luigi Capponi (1582-1659), Archbishop of Ravenna (1621-1645), Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1629-1659), Librarian of the Holy Roman Church (1649-1659); Pietro-Paolo Caputo was Governor of Foligno, Imola and Narni around this time; Giovanni Donato Caputo of Lecce was a theologian who dedicated his life to the church in 1560; Nicola Caputo was a lawyer and priest in Naples around 1774; Michele Maria Caputo of Lecce was a priest and a teacher of philosophy and theology in 1810...
Another 95 words (7 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Capua Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Capua familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Carlo Caputo, who settled in New York sometime between 1884 and 1905; Pasquale Caputo, who arrived in New York sometime between 1884 and 1915; Giorgio Caputo, who came to New York, NY in 1893.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Capua (post 1700) | + |
- S. Peter Capua, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Florida 15th District, 1974; Candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Florida, 1978 1
- Giuseppe Di Capua (b. 1958), Italian competition rower and two-time Olympic champion
- Eduardo Di Capua (1865-1917), Italian composer, singer and songwriter
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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