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Sacco Coat of Arms and Name History

Sacco

Origin Displayed: Italian

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sacco, Sacci, Sacca, Sacconi, Sacio, Sacchi, Saccetti and many more.

First found in Savona anciently Savo, a seaport in Liguria the capital of the province of Savona.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Michel Sacco, who arrived in Texas in 1826; and George Sacca, who arrived in Texas in 1850; Domenico Sacco, age 27, who arrived in New York on Feb. 27, 1882, aboard the "Caledonia.

Some noteworthy people of the name Sacco

Nicola Sacco (1891-1927), Italian-American political radical
Joe Sacco (b. 1969), American professional ice hockey player
Antonio Sacco (1708-1788), Italian improvisational actor
Raffaele Sacco (1787-1872), Italian optician, reputed inventor of the stereoscope, and lyricist

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RENAISSANCE

The Renaissance was a great rebirth of Classical art, literature, and science. It began in the Italian city-state of Florence in the 14th century and it was characterized by the spread of humanism and the beginning of objective scientific inquiry. Wealthy Florentine merchants and bankers such as the powerful Medici family, saw themselves as the heirs of the great figures of the ancient Roman Empire. Many of these families became the lavish patrons of artists and scholars in order to increase their own prestige and secure political power.