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The Italian name Raggianti derives from the term "raggio" which refers to "a beam or ray of light," such as the points of a star. It is supposed that Raggianti was a nickname that later became a surname.
The surname Raggianti was first found in Genoa (Italian: Genova), an important port city, located in Liguria.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Raggianti research. The years 1592, 1615, 1624, 1641, 1643, 1646, 1647, 1676, 1686, 1687 and 1724 are included under the topic Early Raggianti History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Raggi, Raggio, Raggia, Raggiani, Raggiante and many more.
Prominent bearers of the Raggianti surname in this era include Cardinal Lorenzo Raggi (1615-1687), of the senatorial family from Genoa, who was made a Cardinal in 1647, and was "Chiesa Legato di Romagna" or Church legate of the Romagna region from 1676-1686; Octaviano Raggi (1592-1643) of Genoa, created...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Barthelemew Raggio, who was naturalized in Mississippi in 1842; Geovani Raggio, whose Oath was recorded in Philadelphia in 1855; Andrea Raggi, age 30, who arrived in America on May. 11, 1891, aboard the ".