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PEPE is a very old noble surname, of Norman origin, established at the
beginning with feudal possessions from Salerno to Ottati, region where they
came to, expelling the moors, on the tenth century,according to chronicles
and royal cancilleries documents kept by Naples and Bari State Archives among
others. The offspring sprayed all over Southern Italy mainly, with noble
branches in Puglia, Calabria, Sicilia
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Pepe in Italy - By Region
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- Florestano e Guglielmo Pepe - Generali e Fratelli - (heroes of Italy's unity,
both born at
the half of the XVIII century at Squillace, Calabria, although
nobles of Messina
Sicily, too.)
- Frà Girolamo Pepe - "fu onorifico" (saint to-be) -(XVIth century, Knight of
Justice of the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta (for right of the 4 quarts
nobility), heroically
dead at La Valletta, Malta.)
- Lodovico Pepe - Historian (born in Ostuni, but belonging to the
Cisternino/Fasano di
Puglia branch, home of all his family which bears the"nobiltà
generosa"(highest
nobility)title of Patrizio di Giovinazzo.)
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