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Early Origins of the Minutolo family

The surname Minutolo was first found in Naples, (Italian: Napoli, Latin: Neapolis) former capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in southern Italy; it is the 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. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Minutolo family

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Minutolo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Minutillo, Minotillo, Minutolo, Minutoli and others.

Early Notables of the Minutolo family

Enrico Minutoli (died 1412), an Italian Cardinal, bishop of Bitonto from 1382 to 1389 and then archbishop of Naples, archpriest of the Liberian Basilica (1396) and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (1406), commissioned some of the work on the Naples Duomo, and had the Palazzo Arcivescovile built...
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Minutolo migration to the United States+



Minutolo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Giuseppe Minutolo, age 27, who arrived in America on April 9, 1884 aboard the "Brittania"

Contemporary Notables of the name Minutolo (post 1700)+

  • Irma Capece Minutolo (1935-2023), Italian opera singer, one of the last companions and possibly the last wife of King Farouk I of Egypt


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