Leodoro Piscicello

Leodoro Piscicello
Leadership
General	Zurolo garrison current Çorlu

Leodoro Piscicello Zurolo - (in Latin Liodorus Piscicellus - Zurulus) was first a valiant Byzantine soldier, then a leader during the regency of Basil II of Byzantium known as the Bulgarian, who enlisted in the Byzantine imperial army. As a soldier of the Byzantine imperial ranks, he was then raised to the rank of élite knight in the so-called schola and, subsequently, to that of general who was sent by Basil II to the Duchy of Naples.

Biography

In fact, the first historical information on this character dates back to the Byzantine age and precisely in the year 977 who, as mentioned above, was general of the Byzantine imperial ranks which at that time defended the remaining provinces of southern Italy. It is remembered that, when Leodoro was elevated to the rank of knight, he became part, as a member, of the aforementioned schola palatina which was ab antiquo a cavalry unit of the army of the late Eastern Roman Empire in the service of the emperor which also constituted the so-called palatine guard. In fact, for high military merits, from Emperor Basil II himself, Leodoro obtained the highest rank of the Byzantine imperial army of general of the militias stationed in the Duchy of Naples in which, by captatio benevolentiae, he even entered the Neapolitan patriciate.

Regarding Leodoro's origins, he can be ascribed to the Latin ethnic group.

Bibliography

Historical sources

• Giovanni Antonio Summonte (1603). Historia della citta e regno di Napoli, Volume 2 [History of the city and kingdom of Naples, Volume 2] (in Italian). Vol. 2. Carlino. pp. 439 and subsequent ones. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
• Filiberto Campanile; et al. (Tarquinio Longo) (1610). "Dell'Insegne della Famiglia Piscicella" [Of the insignia of the Piscicella family]. In Tarquinio Longo's printing house (ed.). L'armi, ouero Insegne de' nobili; scritte dal signor Filiberto Campanile [The arms, or insignia of the nobles; written by Mr. Filiberto Campanile] (in Italian). pp. 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210. 211, 212, 213, 214 and 215. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
• Filippo Ferrari; Michel Antoine Baudrand (1670). Michel Antoine Baudrand and Apud Franciscum Muguet (ed.). Lexicon Geographicum in quo Universi Orbis Urbes, Provinciӕ, Regna, Maria, & Flumina recensentur [A Geographical Lexicon in which the Cities, Provinces, Kingdoms, Marys, and Rivers of the World are listed] (in Latin). Apud Franciscum Muguet. pp. 351 and 352. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
• Carlo De Lellis (1689). Napoli sacra dell'Engenio Caracciolo [Sacred Naples by Engenio Caracciolo] (in Italian). Vol. I. Naples (NA). pp. 14, 15, 29, 30, 97, 98 and 99.
• Don Biagio Aldimari (1691). "Della Famiglia Piscicella" [Of the Piscicella Family]. In in Giacomo Raillard's printing house (ed.). Memorie historiche di diverse famiglie nobili [Historical memoirs of several noble families] (in Italian). G. Raillard. pp. 120 and 121. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
• Duke Giuseppe Reccho; Andrea ca. 1690 Magliar; et al. (Parrino, Domenico Antonio & Parrino, Niccolo) (1717). at Domenico-Antonio (ed.). Notizie di famiglie nobili, ed illustri della città, e Regno di Napoli. Descritte da don Giuseppe Reccho duca d'Acquadia, ... Libro libero nelle verità con la genealogia dell'illustre famiglia Latro [News of noble and illustrious families of the city, and the Kingdom of Naples. Described by Don Giuseppe Reccho, Duke of Acquadia, ... Free book in the truths with the genealogy of the illustrious Latro family] (in Italian). pp. 123 and 171. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Count Bernardo Candida Gonzaga (1876). publisher of the printing house of Gaetano Curtis De Angelis and his son (ed.). Memorie delle famiglie nobili delle province meridionali d'Italia, 2 [Memoirs of the noble families of the southern provinces of Italy, 2] (in Italian). Vol. II. pp. 219, 220, 221, 222, 223 and 224. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
• Count Bernardo Candida Gonzaga (1879). publisher of the printing house of Gaetano Curtis De Angelis and his son (ed.). Memorie delle famiglie nobili delle province meridionali d'Italia, 5 [Memoirs of the noble families of the southern provinces of Italy, 5] (in Italian). Vol. 5. p. 143. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
• Count Bernardo Candida Gonzaga (1879). Memorie delle Famiglie Nobili delle Province Meridionali d'Italia [Memoirs of the Noble Families of the Southern Provinces of Italy]. Vol. 5. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
• Carlo De Lellis; Elisabetta Scirocco; Michela Tarallo; et al. (Alessandro Grandolfo, Memofonte Foundation of Naples) (1689–2013). Napoli sacra dell’Engenio Caracciolo [Sacred Naples by Engenio Caracciolo] (PDF) (in Italian). Vol. I. Naples (NA)-Florence (FI). pp. 14, 15, 29, 30, 97, 98 and 99. Retrieved October 10, 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
• Gennaro Zurolo (2024). "I". Casata Zurolo. Origini e sviluppo di una famiglia feudale nel meridione d'Italia Casata [Zurolo House. Origins and development of a feudal family in southern Italy House] (in Italian). pp. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

Secondary sources

• Michele Francipane (2005). Dizionario ragionato dei cognomi italiani [Reasoned dictionary of Italian surnames] (in Italian). Rizzoli Universal Library. pp. 743 and 744. ISBN 9788817007641. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

Archival sources

• State Archives of Naples; Antonio Spinelli (1845). Antonio Spinelli (ed.). REGII NEAPOLITANI MONUMENTA ARCHIVUM, Vol. 1 [ARCHIVE OF THE MONUMENTS OF THE KING OF NAPLES, vol. 1] (in Latin). Vol. I. (doc. VI, year 920). from the Royal Printing Office. pp. 63, 64 and 65. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
• ANNUARIO DELLA NOBILTA’ ITALIANA [YEARBOOK OF ITALIAN NOBILITY] (in Italian). Vol. IV (XXXII ed.). Direction of the Heraldic Journal. 1879. p. 2337: Zurolo. A.P.F.Z. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
• Royal Chancellery of the Kingdom of Naples. I REGISTRI DELLA CANCELLERIA ANGIOINA: 1265-1434 [THE REGISTERS OF THE Angevin Chancellery: 1265-1434]. Vol. IV (XXXII ed.). L'Accademia. p. 2337. Retrieved October 10, 2024.

External links

Official

• Staff of banche dati. "De Vito Piscicelli Taeggi (secc. XVII-); Napoli" [De Vito Piscicelli Taeggi (17th century-); Naples]. banche dati (in Italian). Retrieved October 10, 2024.
• Staff of Nobili Napoletani. "Piscicelli o Capece Piscicelli" [Piscicelli or Capece Piscicelli]. Nobili Napoletani (in Italian). Retrieved October 10, 2024.

Other

• Staff of de Vito Piscicelli. "Storia della famiglia-Piscicelli" [History of the family-Piscicelli]. de Vito Piscicelli (in Italian). Retrieved October 10, 2024.

See also

• Byzantine army
• Basil II
• Çorlu
• Duchy of Naples