De Blasio Family of Gessopalena

 The surname de Blasio appears briefly but vividly in late‑16th‑century Gessopalena. The records situate Mag(istro) Federico de Blasio in key monastic‑adjacent zones (dell’Annunziata, Colle Ianni/Arcioni, Bracciola/Fosso a’ Campo Iannello), consistently among Larcenese, de Berardo, Mancini, Melchiore, and Persiani (de Leonello). Despite this prominence in land acts, de Blasio is absent from the extant Santa Maria Maggiore baptismal registers (1598–1652). The line may have moved, died out, or been absorbed under another cognomen; onomastic ambiguity (e.g., de Federico vs de Blasio) complicates confident linkage. 

 Key Findings

• Earliest attestation: 18 September 1580 – Mag(istro) Federico de Blasio, act recorded in his home at Contrada dell’Annunziata (Paglione, Vol. I, p. 29).
• Arcioni/Colle Ianni presence: 1582 – Federico de Blasio appears in a Paglione family act in Contrada della Colle Ianni (Arcioni), next to the goods of Berardino de Arcenese (Larcenese) and Giovanni de Leonello (i.e., Persiani, connected by dowry into de Larcenese) (Paglione, Vol. I, pp. 15–16).
• Marital status & spouse: Federico is married to Camilla de Raffaele; by August 1584 he is cited as a widower (Paglione, Vol. I, August‑dated act).
• Property context: Federico’s Arcioni holdings are surrounded by de Berardo and de Larcenese parcels. Separate acts place Antonio & Berardino de Berardo and contemporaneously Antonio & Berardino de Larcenese on the same landscape grid around Federico, indicating a dense kin‑land cluster.
• Issue/heirs: A son is referenced in Paglione material tied to Bracciola / Fosso a’ Campo Iannello (of Giovanni)—onomastically adjacent to Colle Ianni (Giovanni).
• Parish silence: No de Blasio / de Federico baptisms appear in Santa Maria Maggiore 1598–1652. Sant’Egidio and San Valentino baptismal series begin only in the 1650s; yet most Gessani families present later in those parishes do appear within SMM 1598–1652, suggesting either loss of earlier parochial books or lineal disappearance/migration for de Blasio.

 1580‑09‑18 — Mag(istro) Federico de Blasio; act written at his house, Contrada dell’Annunziata. (Paglione, Vol. I, p. 29).

• 1582 — Presence in Contrada della Colle Ianni (Arcioni), adjacent to Berardino de Arcenese (Larcenese) and Giovanni de Leonello / Persiani via dowry linkages. (Paglione, Vol. I, pp. 15–16).
• 1584‑08 (act) — Federico cited as widower of Camilla de Raffaele. (Paglione, Vol. I, August act)

• Berardino de LARCENESE
• Giacomo de LARCENESE
• Blasio de LARCENESE
• Mag(istro) Federico de BLASIO
• Blasio de FEDERICO
• Berardino de BERARDO
• Giovanni Jacobi de LARCENESE
• Giovanni Jacob di Berardino de LARCENESE
• Blasio TIBERINO (Larcenese male line)
• Santo PASSA L’ACQUA

Interpretive remark: This roster reveals interlocking male lines and shared land grids; the presence of Blasio as both a cognomen (de Blasio) and a given name within de Larcenese and Tiberino strands complicates patronymic vs. toponymic readings.

 Dual labeling: de Blasio vs de Federico may indicate:

• a patronymic drift (son of Blasio → de Blasio; son of Federico → de Federico),
• recording variance by notaries,
• or incipient cognomen adoption later stabilized (or abandoned) by the lineage.
• Absorption/migration scenario: The parish silence (1598–1652) combined with dense land adjacency to de Larcenese / Tiberino / de Berardo raises the likelihood of marital absorption into these macro‑clans or out‑migration before parish continuity.
• Ecclesiastical overlay: All cited toponyms align with monastic land geographies (Sant’Egidio ridge, Arcioni/Mulino, Annunziata corridor), consistent with Benedictine/Cistercian grange patterns that concentrate kin clusters.

  Given that Larcenese ↔ Tiberino share a Y‑lineage (as demonstrated elsewhere in this project), the Bracciola cluster suggests testing for:

1. Male‑line candidates carrying Blasio/Federico patronymics in later centuries (even under Larcenese, Tiberino, or de Berardo, umbrellas.
2. Targeted Big‑Y triangulation among descendants tied to Bracciola/Colle Ianni parcels, prioritizing surnames in the matrix above.
3. Haplotype proximity evaluation to detect a short‑branch absorption of a de Blasio male into allied clans during the 1580–1600 window.

  Paglione audit: Extract full act transcriptions for 1580‑09‑18; 1582 (pp. 15–16); August 1584 widower citation; note witness lists and boundaries.

• Dowry trails: Reconstruct Persiani (de Leonello) dowry chain into de Larcenese for property at Colle Ianni/Arcioni.
• Parish cross‑check: Re‑scan SMM 1598–1652 for Camilla de Raffaele kin, sponsors named Blasio/Federico, and annex registers (confirm missing books for Sant’Egidio/San Valentino pre‑1650s).
• Toponym concordance: Map Ianni/Iannello micro‑toponyms.