| ![Show Contents]() Vitello History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Italy The name comes from the Latin word "vita," meaning "life." Early Origins of the Vitello familyThe surname Vitello was first found in Treviso, anciently known as Tarvisium, a town in Venetia, capital of the province of Treviso. The cathedral of San Pietro is notable and dates back to 1141. It is in the classical style with seven domes, and houses works by many notable painters and sculptors. 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 Vitello familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vitello research. Another 121 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1290, 1458, 1469, 1489, 1502, 1508, 1513, 1523, 1610, 1632, 1652, 1660, 1681, 1692, 1753, 1824 and 1848 are included under the topic Early Vitello History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Vitello Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Viti, Vito, Vit, Vitti, Biti, Bitti, Bitto, Vidi, Vido, Vio, Vitelli, Vitello, Vitiello, Vitulli, Vittozzo, Vitone, Vitoni, Bittolo, Bittini, Bitelli, Vidolo, Vitangelo, Vilotti, Vidossi and many more. Early Notables of the Vitello familyProminent among members of the family was - Vitellozzo Vitelli (c.1458-1502) was an Italian condottiero, Lord of Montone, Città di Castello, Monterchi and Anghiari; Timoteo Viti (1469-1523), was an Italian Renaissance painter closely associated...
Migration of the Vitello familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: A. M. and F. A. Viti, who both arrived in San Francisco in 1855; Raffaela DiVito, who traveled from Aquilonia, Italy to Montclain, New York in 1913; crossing the ocean on the SS Italia and Michele-Angelo DeVito, who arrived in New York on board the SS Anglia in 1891..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Vitello (post 1700) | + |
- Paul Vitello, American owner and founder of Vitello Productions, Inc, formerly called Vitello & Associates, Inc., which provides services for live action movies as well as cartoons, such as picture and sound editing
- Fausto Vitello (1946-2006), American businessman and magazine publisher born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, creator of Thrasher magazine and co-creator of Independent trucks
- Angelo P. Vitello, American politician, Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1960 1
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