PIO DI SAVOIA

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PIO DI SAVOIA , an ancient noble Italian family, first mentioned by good authorities in the 14th

century

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

. From the

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of Este (q.v.) they received the lordship of Carpi, and later they acquired the fiefs of Meldola, Sassuolo, &c. Many members of the family were distinguished as condottieri, diplomats and ecclesiastics. Alberto Pio obtained from the

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of Savoy in 1450 the privilege of adding " di Savoia" to his name as a reward for his military services. Another Alberto Pio (1475-1J31), who was French

ambassador

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

in Rome, won fame as a man of learning, and

Cardinal

CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Rodolfo Pio (1516-1564) was a trusted adviser to

Pius

PIUS

III. and helped to establish the

Inquisition

INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Milan

MILAN
MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc.
Mediolanum
- MEDIOLANUM, or MEDIOLANIUM (mod. Milan, q.v.)
, q.v.)

. Ascanio Pio (d. 1649) was a dramatic poet of some merit. Spain conferred the title of prince on the family, and one branch of it is to this day established in Spain.
See P. Litta, Le Famiglie celebri italiane (

Milan

MILAN
MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc.
Mediolanum
- MEDIOLANUM, or MEDIOLANIUM (mod. Milan, q.v.)
, q.v.)

) ; G. Campori 1llenzorie storiche di Marco Pio di Savoia (

Modena

MODENA (ancient Mutina)

, 1876) ; A. Ceriani and G. Porro, " Il Rotolo epistografo dei principi Pio di Savoia," in the Archivio storico lombardo, ser. II. an. XI. fast. 1, ser. III. an. VIII. 96, and ser. III. an. XIX. 453.

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