Descendants of Cristofaro LoDico 8 January 2020 First Generation 1. Cristofaro LoDico was born about 1670 in Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Origins of the name LODICO f rom the Petralia’s of the Madonie Region of Sicily The surname is widespread in the two Petralia's since ancient times. In Petralia Sottana, in the "civil registry"of the seventeenth century, it is found in the "Laudico" version. Three possible etymologies are hypothesized: 1) could be a patronymic and derived from the Nordic name Ludwig, Lodovico; 2) It could derive from the Latin"laudes dico", in affinity with the word "laudicenus", with the sense of a complimented and interested person. However, none of these interpretations explains why the two Lodico and Laudico versions coexisted even in the same historical periods, nor why the Lodico surname is found almost exclusively in Sicily, with a high concentration in the Madonie, and not in other areas invaded by the Normans, or subject to the Roman Empire. 3) To these questions instead answers one last hypothesis: the surname derives from "Laodikeia" (in Greek: Λαοδικεία) or "Laodicea", a name used by the Hellenistic dynasty of the Seleucids and was therefore imported locally from Hellenistic or Arab settlers, to indicate their city of origin. After the death of Alexander, the Great, on most of his domains in 323 BC his general Seleucus I took over, which gave life to the Seleucid empire, including Syria, Persia and Asia Minor, and which also extended to the Sicilian Greek colonies. Seleucus I, in memory of his mother Laodice, founded five cities named Laodikèia. They were also created in Greece. The most populous still exists in Syria and retains the name of al-Lādhiqiyya. A proof of this last interpretation is found in some examples of the surname "Laudica", found in inscriptions of ancient Rome, and which scholars agree to be of Hellenistic origin. Centuries later, a fraction of Petralia Soprana, Santa Caterina LoDico, took its name from the LoDico families who had created it. The story of the LoDico ancestry begins in Malpasso and is tied to one of the most ancient roads in Sicily.. By the end of the 17th century there was still one road that went from the coastal town of Catania, inland through the Madonie mountains to the north coastal town of Palermo. This roadway was one of the very first roads in Sicily and was used by the first of the island's inhabitants: the Sicans, Sicels, and Elymians. In its earliest times the towns of Centuripe and Agyrium brought an exchange of goods arriving by sea with ceramics and obsidian brought out 1 Descendants of Cristofaro LoDico 8 January 2020 from inland. This road was later improved by the Romans and it passed through Blufi in a region called Malpasso [ bad pass ]. This was a dangerous stretch of road known for its steep ravines and high bluffs where criminals and others would attack and rob the travelers. The priests, pilgrims, and merchants complained to the Sicilian nobility and asked for protection. The Marchese Pottino who owned many large estates of land and farms around Rusuttano and Blufi, including the ancestral Castello Irosa, entered into an agreement with three Sicilian campiere families: the LaTonas, the di Geracis, and the LoDicos. In return for protecting the travelers on the road, the LoDico family was given the land known as Malpasso. Cristofaro LoDico and Giovanna UNKNOWN were married about 1706 in Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Giovanna UNKNOWN was born about 1675 in Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Cristofaro LoDico and Giovanna UNKNOWN had the following children: +2 i. Calogero LoDico, born abt 1707, Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Vincenza di Geraci, abt 1727, Petralia Soprana, Sicily. +3 ii. Illuminato LoDico, born abt 1725, Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Giuseppa Librizzi, abt 1755, Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Second Generation 2. Calogero LoDico (Cristofaro-1) was born about 1700. He was born about 1707 in Malpasso - Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Calogero LoDico and Vincenza di Geraci were married about 1727 in Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Vincenza di Geraci was born about 1709 in Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Calogero LoDico and Vincenza di Geraci had the following children: +4 i. Domenico LoDico, born abt 1728, Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Barbara Salano, abt 1748, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; died Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. +5 ii. Augustino LoDico, born abt 1729, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Antonina Giovecchio, abt 1753, Petralia Soprana, Sicily. +6 iii. Calogero LoDico, born abt 1730, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Santa La Tona, 6 Nov 1769, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; died Marianopoli, Sicily. +7 iv. Giuseppe LoDico, born abt 1732, Marianopoli, Sicily; married Rosaria 2 Descendants of Cristofaro LoDico 8 January 2020 UNKNOWN, abt 1765, Marianopoli, Sicily. +8 v. Calogero LoDico, born abt 1737, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Francesca LaPlaca, abt 1757, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; died Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. +9 vi. Mauro LoDico, born abt 1745, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Maria Guarnuto, abt Oct 1765, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; died Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. +10 vii. Antonino LoDico, born abt 1746, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Calogera Giuseppa Guarnuto, abt Oct 1765, Petralia Soprana, Sicily. 3. Illuminato LoDico (Cristofaro-1) was born about 1725 in Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Illuminato LoDico and Giuseppa Librizzi were married about 1755 in Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Giuseppa Librizzi was born about 1735 in Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Illuminato LoDico and Giuseppa Librizzi had the following child: +11 i. Vittorio LoDico, born abt 1758, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Maria Alesineo, 4 Feb 1783, Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Third Generation 4. Domenico LoDico (Calogero-2, Cristofaro-1) was born about 1728 in Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. He died in Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. He was buried in Malpasso - Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Domenico LoDico and Barbara Salano were married about 1748 in Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Barbara Salano was born about 1729 in Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. She died in Malpasso - Petralia Soprana, Sicily. She was buried in Malpasso -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Domenico LoDico and Barbara Salano had the following children: +12 i. Francesca LoDico, born abt 1749, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Angelo\ Li Puma, abt 1778, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; died 14 Nov 1827, Petralia Soprana, Sicily. +13 ii. Alberto LoDico, born abt 1770, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Anna Carmela Gulino, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; died 22 Oct 1844, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. +14 iii. Antonino LoDico, born abt 1775, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Petra Gulino, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; died Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. 15 iv. Petra Calogera Santa LoDico was born on 2 Nov 1783. 3 Descendants of Cristofaro LoDico 8 January 2020 5. Augustino LoDico (Calogero-2, Cristofaro-1) was born about 1729 in Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Augustino LoDico and Antonina Giovecchio were married about 1753 in Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Antonina Giovecchio was born about 1733 in Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Augustino LoDico and Antonina Giovecchio had the following children: +16 i. Gaetano LoDico, born abt 1750, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Agata Giunta Madonie, 8 Nov 1781, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; died Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. +17 ii. Santa LoDico, born abt 1754, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Vincenzo Pasquale, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; died 18 Aug 1824, Petralia Soprana, Sicily. +18 iii. Pietro LoDico, born abt 1755, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Salvatora Cerami, 21 Feb 1775, Petralia Soprana, Sicily; died Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. 6. Calogero LoDico (Calogero-2, Cristofaro-1) was born about 1730 in Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. He died in Marianopoli, Sicily. He was buried in Marianopoli, Sicily. Calogero LoDico and Santa La Tona were married on 6 Nov 1769 in Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Santa La Tona, daughter of Giuseppe La Tona and Vincenza Rosalia UNKNOWN, was born about 1732 in Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily. Calogero LoDico and Santa La Tona had the following children: +19 i. Giuseppa LoDico, born abt 1753, Blufi -Petralia Soprana, Sicily; married Gaetano Giambra, abt 1782, Marianopoli, Sicily. +20 ii. Caterina LoDico, born abt 1758, Marianopoli, Sicily; married Antonino Tabbone, 8 Oct 1776, Marianopoli, Sicily; died 2 Apr 1827, Marianopoli, Sicily. +21 iii. Vincenzo LoDico, born abt 1761, Marianopoli, Sicily; married Antonina di Forte, abt 1785, Marianopoli, Sicily; died 1 Apr 1803, Marianopoli, Sicily. +22 iv. Leonardo LoDico, born abt 1762, Marianopoli, Sicily; married Felicia Maniscalco Papa, abt 1814, Marianopoli, Sicily; married Maria Vullo, 27 Aug 1792, Marianopoli, Sicily; died 22 Oct 1831, Marianopoli, Sicily. +23 v. Diego LoDico, born abt 1766, Marianopoli, Sicily; married Cosmia Prima Baglio, 16 Jan 1779, Marianopoli, Sicily; married Carmela Bellavia, 27 Feb 1808, Marianopoli, Sicily; died abt 1823, Marianopoli, Sicily. +24 vi. Calogero LoDico, born abt 1769, Marianopoli, Sicily; married Vincenza di Forte, 4 Jun 1786, Marianopoli, Sicily; died Marianopoli, Sicily. 7. Giuseppe LoDico (Calogero-2, Cristofaro-1) was born about 1732 in Marianopoli, Sicily. 4 Descendants of Cristofaro LoDico 8 January 2020 Giuseppe LoDico and Rosaria UNKNOWN were married about 1765 in Marianopoli, Sicily. Rosaria UNKNOWN was born about