The surname Pogio was first found in Sicily (Italian: Sicilia), the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The name literally means "hill, hillock" from Latin "podium" meaning "dais" and later "hill(ock.)"
Early History of the Pogio family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pogio research. Another 102 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1380, 1402, 1403, 1459 and 1911 are included under the topic Early Pogio History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Pogio Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Poggio, Poggi, Pogio and others.
Early Notables of the Pogio family
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, (1380-1459), Italian scholar of the Renaissance, born at Terranuova, a village in the territory of Florence. He studied Latin under John of Ravenna, and Greek under Manuel Chrysoloras. His distinguished abilities and his dexterity as a copyist of MSS. brought him into early notice with the chief scholars of Florence. Coluccio Salutati and Niccolo de' Niccoli... Another 60 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Pogio Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Migration of the Pogio family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Anto. Poggi, who settled in Philadelphia in 1800; Anto Poggi, who came to Pennsylvania in 1800; Domenico Poggi, who arrived in America in 1862; Andrea Poggi, who came to America in 1862.
