Passi de Preposulo


The Passi de Preposulo family is an ancient Italian noble family originally from Bergamo, Lombardy.

History

The first documented history dates back to 973.
The early surname of this noble Bergamo family was “de Preposulo”. It has remained until now in the coat of arms of the Counts Passi de Preposulo in abbreviated form, and was in use, especially in Latin, until the eighteenth century.
They began to be called "Passi" when, in 1307, Ottopasso de Preposulo helped negotiate the peace between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Bergamo. Since then they have been called "quelli de la pas" from which “the Pas” and then “the Passi”.
The first mention dates back to a Henricus de Preposulo, filius quondam Petri Federici, Sacri Palatii judicis.
They distinguished themselves as magistrates, in arms, in letters and, in particular, in the ecclesiastical field.
The family was admitted in 1743 to the Council of the Nobility of Bergamo and acquired the comital title.
One of the properties of the family, acquired in the first half of the eighteenth century, is the Villa Tiepolo-Passi in Carbonera, Veneto. The Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain was married in June 2017 to a current member of the family,
Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo.

Family

Marco Celio Passi, di Fermo, di Enrico and di Luca, count, knight and noble, doctor of law,, son of Fermo and of noblewoman Elisabetta Zineroni. He married, firstly, Giulia of the Counts Valier, patrician of Venice, and secondly, Carolina of the Counts Passi, with whom he had:
  • Count Alessandro Fermo, married Giuseppina of the Counts Mozzi, from which:
  • *Ippolita, married a lawyer, Plinio Donatelli;
  • *Giulia, married the Marquis Francesco Tacoli;
  • *Marco Celio ;
  • *Modesta ;
  • *Maria Luisa, married three times sequentially to: Marquis Filippo Tacoli; Captain Carlo Cavalli; noble Leone Tiberelli;
  • *Benedetta
  • *Angelina, married the General Giacomo Papi;
  • *Livia.
  • Count Arduisio Enrico Matteo, doctor of law, Italian official,, married Maria dei conti Mappelli-Mozzi,, with issue:
  • *Carolina, wed Giovanni Striscia Fioretti;
  • *Count Alessandro Fermo, doctor, engineer, cavalry officer,, married Maria Anna of the Barons De Zigno, with whom he had:
  • **Count Gian Luca, doctor, engineer, with issue:
  • ***Maria Alessandra, marries Dr. Paolo Bauce;
  • ***Giovanna married Dr. Pasquale Manzi;
  • ***Count Alberto, married Barbara Bruni, with whom he had:
  • ****Count Gian Luca, married American actress and film producer Jessica Chastain, with whom he has two children:
  • *****Giulietta.
  • *****Count Augustus.
  • ****Gaia, married Federico Iannello
  • ***Count Cesare, married firstly... Lozano, with whom he had issue, and secondly with Donna Maria Belén Ruspoli dei Principi Ruspoli daughter of Luis Ruspoli, 7th Marquis of Boadilla del Monte, with whom he had three children:
  • ****Lucia ;
  • ****Maria ;
  • ****Count Alejandro ;
  • ****Carmen ;
  • ****Count Luca.
  • ***Francesca, married Alberto Franchini.
  • **Emma, married Baron Roberto Ciani Bassetti.
  • **Count Achille, doctor of chemistry, married, with issue:
  • ***Count Alessandro doctor of letters, married Lynn Maria Pitcher, with whom he had:
  • ****Count Federico Achille.
  • **Maria Antonia married Dr. Carlo Perissinotti Bisoni;
  • **Count Enrico Matteo, doctor of agricultural sciences, married 1965, Donna Caterina Corsini of the Princes of Sismano.
  • ***Ludovica, married Lorenzo Villoresi .
  • ***Maddalena, married Marco Pinciroli .

Notable members