Historical overview of the TRENTINI families of Valsugana, Arco, Rovereto, Lundo, and the City of Trento. By genealogist Lynn Serafinn.
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Introduction
Trentini is an ancient surname in the province of Trentino, with roots dating back at least to the 1200s,[1] which is somewhat before surnames came into general use in Europe. While my main focus in this article will be specifically on the surname ‘Trentini’, as there may be some crossover with the variant ‘Trentin’, I will touch upon that surname in this article as well. Kindly note, however, that I will not be discussing the surname ‘Trenti’.
Theories on the Linguistic Origins of the Surname
Variants: Trentin; de Trentini; Trentini von Wolgersfeld; Trentini de Pezzen
Regarding the linguistic origin of this surname, the late Aldo Bertoluzza was quite decisive that Trentini ‘refers to someone who lived in [one of the] various localities of Trentino.’[2] Thus, if we accept Bertoluzza’s interpretation as correct, Trentini is a toponymic surname (i.e., derived from the name of a place) referring to someone who came from the province of Trentino. Bertoluzza is also quite clear about the implications of this interpretation, saying:
With the documentation available on this occasion, but also with many references relative to Trentini surnames, this dispels the original consideration from the last century [i.e., 19th century] that the inhabitants of our land were called ‘Tyroleans’.[3]
Toponymic surnames can tell us a lot about a family’s history. If someone in the past had been both born and living in the province of Trentino, it would have made no sense for them to call himself ‘Trentini’ (or its variant ‘Trentin’), as his surname could have equally applied all of his neighbours. Thus, if Trentini is indeed a toponymic surname, the only logical scenario in which we would find it within the province of Trentino is if someone from Trentino had moved outside the province a long time ago, where they adopted the surname ‘Trentini’ or ‘Trentin’, and then a descendant from that family later moved back into Trentino, carrying the surname with him. This flow chart makes this theory easier to visualise:
If this theory is true, we would logically expect to see MORE people with the surname ‘Trentini’ or ‘Trentin’ residing in provinces outside of Trentino, with the highest concentration in the north. If we look at the estimated number of families with these surnames TODAY, we find statistics that may support this idea:[4]
By far, the highest number (about 42%) of families with these surnames live in the region of Veneto, especially in the provinces of Vicenza and Verona). Another 26% are found in the neighbouring regions of Lombardia and Emilia-Romagna. Although where people live today is not always an accurate indication of where they might have lived before the age of mass transportation, the high numbers seem to support the assumption that the surname has been present in these places for many centuries. This alone is interesting, as it might provide us with a window into the history of migration FROM Trentino into other parts of the (northern) Italian peninsula in the medieval era – a fact we might not otherwise have known if we are simply researching our Trentino ancestry.
If you subtract the Trentini/Trentin from the province of Bolzano/South Tyrol from the total number in Trentino-Alto Adige, we see that about 16% of all families with the surnames Trentini and Trentin living in Italy today live in the province of Trentino. Moreover, the number of families with the surname ‘Trentini’ (as opposed to ‘Trentin’) is greater in the province of Trentino than any of its neighbouring provinces, despite the fact it has only about half the population of the provinces of Verona, Bologna, Brescia, etc.
Such statistics make me wonder about this whole ‘toponymic’ origin theory. They seem to imply that, after a pretty significant migration of Trentini into norther Italy during the medieval era, an equally large (or greater) faction of these migrants moved back to their original province, carrying their new surname with them. Personally, I find this to be a problematic scenario.
Thus, I would like to propose that, at least in some cases, the surname Trentini may also be a patronymic surname derived from the male personal name ‘Trentino’, which appears to have been a reasonably popular in the late medieval era (in the province of Trentino, anyway). This could explain its prominence in the province very easily, without the need to factor in such a complex migration model. For now, rather than conclusively accepting one theory over the other, I would like to allow both to remain as possible explanations for the linguistic origins of this surname.
Medieval Origins in Telve Valsugana
Is there evidence that at least some of the Trentini of Trentino were ‘imported’ into the province from elsewhere?
Historians Tabarelli de Fatis and Borelli tell us that this ‘numerous family’ of Trentino dates back to a document from 1268, in Telve (Valsugana), which cites the name of a Matteo Trentini, son of Marcantonio, notary of Venice. The authors explain that, in another document, Marcantonio is referred to as a ‘Venetian military captain’.[5]
The connection between the Trentini of Telve and the city of Venice continues at least to the end of the next century. In 1390, for example, we find the citizens of Telve electing the notary Matteo Trentini, son of Francesco as their sindaco (mayor). In that document, either Matteo or his father (the wording is ambiguous) was living in Venice at the time.[6]
Curiously, if we look at the baptisms registered between 1815-1923 in the parishes of Telve and Telve di Sopra on the Nati in Trentino website, while we find only three children with the surname ‘Trentini’, there are a whopping 710 births registered with the truncated form of the surname ‘Trentin’.[7]
I have not researched this line personally, but these ‘Trentin’ may possibly be descended from the Trentini who arrived there in the 13th century. However, as this truncated version of the surname is found in high numbers in the region of Veneto (especially in Vicenza, which lies on the Trentino border), it is also possible they came from a later migration into the province.
Of the estimated 179 families with the variant ‘Trentin’ living in the province of Trentino today 140 of them (about 300 individuals) live in and around Telve/Telve di Sopra. [8] [9]
The Trentini of Arco
Before the end of the 1300s, we find the Trentini had expanded from Valsugana into in Arco. Arco is in the southern part of the province, in an area known as Alto Garda (i.e., above Lake Garda), and was a major strategic point in the province, governed by the Counts of the same name.
In 1389, in an oath of allegiance sworn in the church of Telve Valsugana before the notary Giacomo Antonio Trentini (presumably of Telve), we find among the witnesses another notary referred to as ‘Matteo de Trentini of Arco’.[10] Whether this Matteo of Arco is the same Matteo who was elected the sindaco of Telve the following year is unclear. Tabarelli de Fatis and Borrelli seem to imply that these Trentini in Arco are the same as the Trentini from Venice who lived in Telve, but they don’t actually provide clear evidence for this. What is clear, however, is that at least one of Trentini had settled in Arco before the end of the 1300s. The antiquity of the date, and the prolific way in which the family of Arco would eventually spread, is perhaps the reason why some historians presume the family originated in Arco.[11]
From Arco, the Trentini family soon split into various branches in Volano, Rovereto, Vigolo Vattaro, Trento and Mezzolombardo.[12] In fact, they seem to have left Arco pretty much completely before the beginning of the parish registers in the 1500s.
We do find the Trentini back in Arco in later centuries. In the 1640s, we find the family of a Pietro Trentini living in Arco, but he was actually a ‘reimport’ from the city of Trento, having come there from Povo (a frazione of the city of Trento).[13]
After that, the surname seems to die out there again, until it reappears in the parish of Arco in the early 19th century. But this Trentini line is a branch of the seemingly independent Trentini line from Lundo in Val Giudicarie, whom we will explore later in this report. The patriarch of this line is Vincenzo Celeste Trentini of Lundo (born 9 March 1792),[14] who moved to Arco around 1820, after marrying Teresa Mancabelli of Chiarano. Trentini descendants of this couple still live in and around Arco today.
The Trentini of Rovereto
In the early decades of the 1500s, one branch of the Trentini family of Arco moved to Borgo Sacco in the municipality of Rovereto.[15] On 2 May 1585, Emperor Rodolfo II granted imperial nobility to the brothers Paolo and Battista Trentini of Rovereto, with an embellishment of their stemma:[16]
Their stemma can also be found carved in stone in the cloister of the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Rovereto. Working between the years 1634-1683, we find the notary Filippo Trentini, son of the noble Gaspare, who was also a chancellor on the Council of Rovereto.[17]
One branch of Trentini transferred from Rovereto to the city of Trento by 1653, where they later became known as ‘Trentini de Pezzen’ (I am unsure if this predicate also applies to the Rovereto line, as sources are a bit vague).[18] Note that this is a different line from the original Trento branch, which we will discuss in the next section.
By the year 1650, we also find many Trentini living in the nearby parish of Mori.[19] I haven’t personally researched the Trentini of Rovereto, but we find nearly 600 Trentini births between the years 1815-1923 in and around Rovereto (i.e., including Lizzanella; Sacco; Trambileno, Mori) listed on the Nati in Trentino website.[20] I presume these are all branches of the original line that came from Arco, but they are not necessarily descendants of the noble lines.
The Trentini of the City of Trento
The Trentini who first migrated to the city of Trento were also originally from the Arco family. Tabarelli de Fatis and Borrelli tell us that the patriarch of this line is Matteo Trentini of Arco (son of Francesco), who was already living in the city by 1561. He obtained official citizenship (cittadinanza) there either in 1577[21] or 1579,[22] and he died around 1593.[23]
Imperial nobility in 1607
Matteo’s sons Francesco, Simone, Giacomo, and Onorio Trentini of Trento obtained recognition of nobility from Archduke (later Emperor) Massimiliano of Austria on 25 June 1607[24] and were granted the use of the stemma (coat-of-arms) below.[25] Their imperial (S.R.I.) nobility was later conferred by Emperor Mattia (reigned 1612-1619), but at an imprecise date.[26]
Simone Ignazio Trentini and His Wife Lucia Bortolazzi
In the latter half of the 1600s, we meet the noble Simone Ignazio Trentini of Trento. So far, I haven’t been able to find Simone Ignazio’s baptismal record, but his death record (dated 17 February 1714) says he was 71 years old,[27] putting his birth year at around 1643.[28] Sometime around 1674, Simone Ignazio married the noble lady Lucia Bortolazzi[29] of Trento. Together, the couple had at least 14 children between the years 1675-1698 (although at least six of them died young), all of whom were baptised in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Trento.
Many of the baptismal records of their children tell us that Simone Ignazio was a member of the Collegiato of Trento. This means he was included in the official list of notaries for the city.
22 OCTOBER 1675. Bartolomeo, son of the most Illustrious Sig. Doctor Simone Trentini of the Collegiato of Trento and his legitimate wife, signora Lucia, born Bortlaci (i.e. Bortolazzi), was baptised, etc. [30]
The baptismal record of their daughter Rosa Cattarina (26 September 1698)[31] also tells us that he was the ‘Capo console della città’, i.e., the Chief (Legal) Consul/Advisor of the city. In every document, he is addressed by honourifics specifically used when referring to imperial nobility, such as ‘Illustris’ (Illustrious) and ‘Clarissimi’ (most renowned). Thus, we know he is a descendant (most likely a grandson) of one of the four brothers who were granted the imperial title in 1607. We also find him referred to as Doctor, which in this era is a reference to his academic degree, rather than a medical doctor. [32]
We’ll return to this family a bit later, as the parish records for them were subject to some pretty horrible vandalism in the 20th century, which ended up in a court trial.
The Noble Predicate ‘von Wolgersfeld’
On 8 March 1724, two sons of Simone Ignazio and Lucia – namely Pietro Saverio[33] and Ignazio Felice[34] – were elevated to the rank of Knights of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Carlo VI, with the predicate ‘de Wolgersfeld’ (‘von Wolgersfeld’ in German), with a considerable embellishment of the earlier stemma [see image].[35] On the same occasion, the nobility that the family had received from Emperor Mattia was also confirmed. At the time of being given their noble award, Ignazio was the Pretore of Riva as well as advisor to the Prince-Bishop of Trento (Giovanni Michele Spaur), and Pietro Saverio was a priest in the city of Trento.[36]
The Reverend Pietro Severio Trentini passed away in 1750,[37] but his brother Ignazio was later elevated to the rank of Baron of the Holy Roman Empire by Empress Maria Teresa on 25 February 1764, which was again confirmed by Prince-Bishop Cristoforo Sizzo de Noris on 22 August of the same year.[38]
Ignazio died in Trento a few years later, on 18 June 1767.[39] Despite their deaths being recorded in the parish of Santa Maria Maggiore, both he and his brother were buried in the family tomb in the church of San Pietro e Paolo in Trento.
A Bit of ‘Retrospective’ Editing and a Court Case
Anyone who has researched this family will have noticed something bewildering (and confusing) about the records for them in the parish of Santa Maria Maggiore: most of them are a MESS. The reason for this is that someone has retrospectively (and irresponsibly) altered them well after the fact. For example, here is the 1684 baptismal record for the sixth child of Doctor Simone Ignazio Trentini and his wife Lucia Bortolazzi:[40]
Dated 5 September 1684, the child appears to have been baptised ‘Ignazio’, but someone has inserted a mass of middle names after it his first name (Simeone Francesco Giuseppe Felice). Looking at the handwriting and the pen pressure, it is clear that the insert was not written by the original priest. But what is weirder is that after the long list of middle names, the forger (because that is what he was) has also inserted ‘de Wolgersfeld’. The forger has also inserted the father Simone (with the middle name Ignazio also inserted) was the son of the late [illegible] Signore de Wolgersfeld. We also see the word ‘Conte’, which means ‘Count’ scribbled underneath the word ‘Collegiato’ at the end of the first line.
Aside from being vandalism of the original record that renders the actual information nearly unintelligible, this is also completely fraudulent. If you’ve been following our chronology for this family so far, they were not ‘de Wolgersfeld until 1724 – nearly 40 years after this child was born, and 10 years after Simone Ignazio died. It’s also not even close to being correct, as this Ignazio appears to have died in infancy, and a later Ignazio is the one who was granted the predicate ‘de Wolgersfeld’.
Moreover, the word ‘Conte’, which ambiguous here, it used in other records, where the forger’s intention is clearer. Take for example, but baptismal record of their son Pietro Saverio in 1686:[41]
Here, in very crude (and dark) handwriting, the forger has inserted the word ‘Conte’ in front of the name ‘Simone’ at the end of the first line, and somewhat less legibly has inserted an abbreviated scribble of the word ‘Contessa’ (Countess) in front of Lucia’s name in the middle of the second line.
The forger has done the same in many other baptismal records for the children of this couple. Consider this mess in the 1680 baptismal record of their son Giacomo Giuseppe[42] (inserted ‘Gabriele’), son of ‘Conte’ Simone (inserted ‘Ignazio’) Trentini, the noble ‘Conte’ (again) of the collegiato of Trento, and his wife the ‘most illustrious Contessa’ Lucia, born Bortolazzi.
Counts were very high imperial (S.R.I.) [43] nobility in the Holy Roman Empire, and acted as the heads of ‘counties’ (which is where the name ‘county’ comes from) on behalf of the emperor. Below them in rank are Barons, and below the Barons in rank are the Knights. Still beneath them are untitled imperial nobility. There are also those (unranked) who were ennobled by the Prince-Bishop, who are not considered ‘imperial nobility’.
There aren’t that many families who rose to the rank of ‘Count’ – and the Trentini were not, and never were, among them. So this isn’t just a bit of retrospective time-bending; this is fraud, pure and simple.
So where did this forger get the idea to turn the Trentini into Counts?
Aside from being complete fantasy, by best guess is that he might have been ‘borrowing’ the title from the family of Lucia Bortolazzi. We know that two brothers named Bartolomeo and Lodovico Bortolazzi were made Counts of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Leopoldo I, with the predicate ‘di Vattadof e Brunnenberg’. However, that took place on 27 September 1702.[44] I believe the ‘Bartolomeo’ might be referring to Lucia’s father, but even if that was the case, she would not have been a ‘Contessa’ until after 1702, and in no way would her noble title extend to her husband and children. Women could inherit noble titles, but they could not pass them down to their children, and husbands of Countesses absolutely did not automatically become ‘Counts’. So even if the forger was creatively ‘borrowing’ Lucia’s title, it was again a case of blatant fraud.
So who was this infamous forger? When did he live, and what was his motivation for such an irresponsible act of vandalism and fraud?
Apparently, his name was Romano Trentini, and he was brought to trial on 19 November 1946, where he was charged with falsifying records relating to his ancestors.[45] [46] [47] One can only presume he was trying to prove an ancestral link to higher nobility (for whatever reason).
As to who this Romano Trentini was, I have not researched that far yet, although the Nati in Trentino website shows three births for a Romano Trentini in the years 1901, 1908 and 1911.[48]
The Legacy of the Noble Trento Line
Tabarelli de Fatis and Borelli tell us that the line of Barons went extinct in the city of Trento with the death of an Ignazio Pietro Trentini in 1977. However, a Luigi Vigilio Simone Trentini (born 1 Jan 1789;[49] died 26 Nov 1864) was recorded in the matriculation of Bavarian nobility in 1859, and as of the 1990s, his line of descendants in Bavaria was still flourishing.[50]
The family stemma can be found in the city of Trento on Palazzo Trentini, Via Manci, and on a church bench in the church of Vigolo Vattaro. Also, in the Palazzo del Bo in Padova, sculpted and painted, you will find the stemma of Giacomo Antonio, advisor of the nation of Toscana (1659).[51]
The Trentini in Trento Today
Today, there are still close to 200 Trentini/Trentin families living in the city of Trento.[52] I suspect not all of these are descended from the original lines but, rather, those that came to live there as a result of increased urbanisation over the past century.
The Trentini of Lundo in Val Giudicarie
The village of Lundo is historically part of the parish of Vigo Lomaso in Val Giudicarie (Esteriore). We know from documentation that there were Trentini already living there by the first half of the 1400s. Although we find no Trentini of Lundo present at a community meeting that took place in 1375,[53] we do find a Francesco, son of the late Giovanni Trentini cited as one of the householders of Lundo who was present at a community meeting held on 25 May 1494.[54] Given the fact that Francesco would have been a legal adult (at least 25 years of age) in order to be asked to attend such a meeting, we can estimate that his late father would have to have been born in the first half of that century.
By the end of the next century, we find the Trentini have evolved into a prolific family with many households. In a fascinating document recording a huge meeting between the resides of Val Rendena and Lomaso on 15 April 1584, we find the names of Giovanni, Rustico and Francesco Trentini, all consuls of the village of Lundo. Also present at the same event were a Bertone (Alberto) Trentini, an Antonio, son of the late Giovanni Trentini, and a Trentino, son of the late Lorenzo Trentini.[55] A few years later, on 13 May 1588, in another legal document in which the rights to the use of Monte San Giovanni were discussed, we again find Alberto Trentini. But this time, he is addressed as ‘Magister’ (Master; Teacher) and is cited as being one of two consuls of Lundo.[56]
In the 1600s, we find an Oliverio Trentini (born in Lundo on 29 May 1657),[57] whose descendants use the soprannome ‘Oliveri’ or a period of time. Soprannomi are always fairly good indicators that there were many lines of a surname present in the same area in the same period of time.
The late historian Carlo Alberto Onorati claimed that Trentini of Lundo were among the many families of Giudicarie Esteriore who were granted the title of ‘rural nobility’ (from the Prince-Bishop) sometime before the year 1500, but he fails to provide any source to back up this claim.[58] I have found no document (and I’ve checked hundreds) in which a Trentini from Lundo was referred to as ‘noble’, but a fair number of Trentini men are addressed with the honourific ‘dominus’, which is occasionally used when referring to families of rural nobility.
So where did the Trentini of Lundo come from? Were they indigenous to Lundo or did they come there from someplace else? So far, I have not found any connection between them and the Trentini who expanded from Arco; nor have any of the historians whose work I have consulted suggested there was a connection.
Of course, we cannot overlook the possibility that the Trentini of Lundo were a completely independent line, with their origins in Lundo, and that their surname might actually have a different linguistic origin. I am intrigued by the fact that we ‘met’ a man named Trentino Trentini in the 1584 document. As suggested earlier, this makes me wonder if the surname of the Lundo line is a patronymic derived from the male personal name Trentino, rather than the name of the province.
I would love to see a Y-DNA comparison performed between a present-day Trentini of Lundo and one or more Trentini of Rovereto or Trento (provided they are not ‘imports’ into those cities from Lundo, as the Trentini of present-day Arco are). Such a comparison should conclusively tell us whether the Trentini of Lundo share any ancient connection to those other lines.
Closing Thoughts: What Does the Evidence Show Us?
The surname Trentini makes for an interesting historical study for a number of reasons.
First of all, it seems to be one of the oldest surviving surnames in the province of Trentino, appearing in documents as early as 1200s.
Secondly, if the toponymic theory of its linguistic origins is correct, it seems to imply significant migration back and forth between the province and its northern neighbours during the high medieval era.
Moreover, again if the toponymic theory is correct, it underscores the fact that our ancestral province was known as ‘Trentino’ (and its people as ‘Trentini’) for close to a millennium, if not longer.
And, of course, the story of the Trentini families themselves – from their ‘re-entry’ into Valsugana and subsequent expansion into many other parts of the province – is also quite fascinating.
What we cannot yet say with certainty, however, is whether this toponymic theory is definitely true for all branches of Trentini in the province, or whether the ‘Trentin’ of present-day Valsugana have an ancestral link to the ‘Trentini’ of Veneto who appeared in Telve in the late 1200s. Also, the I’ve never seen any historian suggest an ancestral link between those lines and the equally prolific (and possibly just as ancient) Trentini of Lundo in the Giudicarie.
I would find it fascinating to see the results of a Y-DNA comparison project for Trentini/Trentin – not just within the province of Trentino, but also in the adjacent provinces (especially those in the region of Veneto). Conducted properly, it could tell us if, how, and when the various lines are ancestrally connected – or not. It could also help us understand whether the surname truly is a toponymic derived from the name of our ancestral province, or whether, at least some cases, it might actually be patronymic, derived from an ancient ancestor named Trentino.
Until the time that such research and analysis can be conducted, we can only hold the space for either possibility… or perhaps yet another possibility we have yet to explore.
Lynn Serafinn, genealogist
24 December 2024
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NOTES
[1] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[2] BERTOLUZZA, Aldo. 1998. Guida ai Cognomi del Trentino. Trento: Società Iniziative Editoriali (S.R.L.), page 362. My translation.
[3] BERTOLUZZA, Aldo. 1998. Guida ai Cognomi del Trentino. Trento: Società Iniziative Editoriali (S.R.L.), page 362. My translation.
[4] I made this chart using statistics from COGNOMIX. Mappe dei cognomi italiani. ‘Trentini’ and ‘Trentin’. https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/TRENTINI and https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/TRENTIN. Data accurate as of 26 November 2024.
[5] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[6] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[7] NATI IN TRENTINO. Provincia autonomia di Trento. Database of baptisms registered within the parishes of the Archdiocese of Trento between the years 1815-1923. https://www.natitrentino.mondotrentino.net/ .
[8] COGNOMIX. Mappe dei cognomi italiani. ‘Trentin’. https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/TRENTINI. Data accurate as of 26 November 2024.
[9] COGNOMI IN TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE. ‘Trentin’. https://italia.indettaglio.it/ita/cognomi/cognomi_trentinoaltoadige.html. Data accurate as of 26 November 2024.
[10] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[11] BERTOLUZZA, Aldo. 1998. Guida ai Cognomi del Trentino. Trento: Società Iniziative Editoriali (S.R.L.), page 362.
[12] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[13] See for example the baptismal record of his daughter Gasperina, born in Arco on 14 Sept 1646 [Arco parish records, baptisms, volume 5, page 34].
[14] Vigo Lomaso parish records, baptisms, volume 6, page 260-261.
[15] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[16] TIROLER LANDESMUSEEN. Tyrolean Coats of Arms. ‘Trentini v. in Roveredo’. Accessed 28 November 2024 from https://wappen.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/index34a.php?id=&do=&wappen_id=9536&sb=trentini&sw=&st=&so=&str=&tr=99
[17] STENICO, P. Remo. 1999. Notai Che Operarono Nel Trentino dall’Anno 845. Trento: Biblioteca San Bernardino, page 332.
[18] TIROLER LANDESMUSEEN. Tyrolean Coats of Arms. ‘Trentini di Pezzen. Accessed 28 November 2024 from https://wappen.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/index34a.php?wappen_id=9531&drawer=&tr=1#prev.
[19] PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO. ‘Carteggio e atti’, Parrocchia di Santo Stefano in Mori. 1650 – 1757; 1809 – 1968. Registry records relating to the Trentini family (1650-1757), as well as many later documents. Archivi Storici del Trentino, https://www.cultura.trentino.it/archivistorici/unita/1326679. Accessed 1 December 2024.
[20] NATI IN TRENTINO. Provincia autonomia di Trento. Database of baptisms registered within the parishes of the Archdiocese of Trento between the years 1815-1923. https://www.natitrentino.mondotrentino.net/ .
[21] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[22] BERTOLUZZA, Aldo. 1975. Libro della Cittadinanza di Trento: Storia e tradizione del cognome Trentino. Trento: Dossi Editore, page 17.
[23] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[24] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288. Another source gives the dates 10 September 1607 and 16 February 1608 for Francesco’s diploma.
[25] TIROLER LANDESMUSEEN. Tyrolean Coats of Arms. ‘Trentini’. Card 5 of 6. Accessed 28 November 2024 from https://wappen.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/index34a.php?wappen_id=9530&drawer=&tr=1#next.
[26] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[27] Trento, Santa Maria Maggiore parish records, deaths, volume 7, page 115.
[28] I don’t know if he was baptised at Santa Maria Maggiore or another parish in the city; if in Santa Maria Maggiore, the births where the child’s first name starts with ‘S’ are missing for that timeframe. His birth is not recorded in the parish of S. Pietro e Paolo. I have not yet looked for it in the Duomo parish records.
[29] Lucia Bortolazzi was born 24 October 1654, daughter of the noble Bartolomeo Bortolazzi and his wife Benvenuta [Trento, San Pietro e Paolo parish records, baptisms, volume 5, page 235]. She died 14 May 1727 [Trento, San Pietro e Paolo parish records, deaths, volume 8, page 40].
[30] Trento, Santa Maria Maggiore parish records, baptisms, volume 11, page 23.
[31] Trento, Santa Maria Maggiore parish records, baptisms, volume 11, page 288-289/389.
[32] I do not know where he earned his doctorate, but I could not find him amongst the lists of Trentino men who attended the University of Padova or University of Bologna.
[33] Pietro Saverio was born 3 April 1686 [Trento, Santa Maria Maggiore parish records, baptisms, volume 11, page 262-263].
[34] I believe Ignazio Felice was born 6 November 1697 [Trento, Santa Maria Maggiore parish records, baptisms, volume 11, page 199-200]. There is an earlier Ignazio (born 5 September 1684) for whom I cannot find a death record, but he seems to be too old to fit other records we have for him.
[35] TIROLER LANDESMUSEEN. Tyrolean Coats of Arms. ‘Trentini di Wolgersfeld’. Accessed 28 November 2024 from https://wappen.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/index34a.php?wappen_id=9527&drawer=&tr=1#prev .
[36] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[37] Pietro Saverio Trentini died in Trento on 14 August 1750 [Trento, Santa Maria Maggiore parish records, deaths, volume 3, page 77].
[38] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288-289.
[39] Trento, Santa Maria Maggiore parish records, deaths, volume 11, page 82-83.
[40] Trento, Santa Maria Maggiore parish records, baptisms, volume 11, page 162-163.
[41] Trento, Santa Maria Maggiore parish records, baptisms, volume 11, page 262-263.
[42] Trento, Santa Maria Maggiore parish records, baptisms, volume 11, page 134-135.
[43] The abbreviation S.R.I. stands for ‘Sacro Romano Impero’, i.e., Holy Roman Empire.
[44] GUELFI, Adriano Camaiani. 1964. Famiglie nobili del Trentino. Genova: Studio Araldico di Genova, page 26.
[45] PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO. ‘Registro dei morti’, 15 January 1620-20 April 1675.’ Several records from the archives of San Vigilio di Trento removed for a trial brought against Romano Trentini who had falsified the records relating to his ancestors. Archivi Storici del Trentino, https://www.cultura.trentino.it/archivistorici/unita/293650. Accessed 1 December 2024.
[46] PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO. ‘Registro dei morti’, Cathedral of San Vigilio (Trento).’ 24 April 1780-8 April 1814.’ At the end it says ‘annotation relating to the removal of page 169 entered in the court case against Romano Trentini accused of document falsification, 19 November 1946. Archivi Storici del Trentino, https://www.cultura.trentino.it/archivistorici/unita/293691. Accessed 1 December 2024.
[47] Trento, Cathedral of San Vigilio parish records, deaths, volume 8, facing page 168 [notation about page 169 missing].
[48] NATI IN TRENTINO. Provincia autonomia di Trento. Database of baptisms registered within the parishes of the Archdiocese of Trento between the years 1815-1923. https://www.natitrentino.mondotrentino.net/.
[49] Trento, Cathedral of San Vigilio, baptisms, volume 11, insert facing page 110.
[50] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 288.
[51] TABARELLI DE FATIS, Gianmaria; BORRELLI, Luciano. 2005. Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine. Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, page 289.
[52] COGNOMIX. Mappe dei cognomi italiani. ‘Trentin’. https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/TRENTINI. Data accurate as of 26 November 2024.
[53] TOVAZZI, Giangrisostomo, OFM. 2004. L’Archivista Lomasino. Original text written in 1795. 2004 version curated by Ennio Lappi and P. Remo Stenico. Tione: Centro Studi Judicaria, pergamena 30, page 51-54.
[54] TOVAZZI, Giangrisostomo, OFM. 2004. L’Archivista Lomasino. Original text written in 1795. 2004 version curated by Ennio Lappi and P. Remo Stenico. Tione: Centro Studi Judicaria, pergamena 37, page 73.
[55] TOVAZZI, Giangrisostomo, OFM. 2004. L’Archivista Lomasino. Original text written in 1795. 2004 version curated by Ennio Lappi and P. Remo Stenico. Tione: Centro Studi Judicaria, pergamena 51, page 122.
[56] TOVAZZI, Giangrisostomo, OFM. 2004. L’Archivista Lomasino. Original text written in 1795. 2004 version curated by Ennio Lappi and P. Remo Stenico. Tione: Centro Studi Judicaria, pergamena 58, page 146.
[57] Vigo Lomaso parish records, baptisms, volume 4, page 4-5.
[58] ONORATI, Carlo Alberto. 1993. ‘Le famiglie nobili e notabili delle Giudicarie Esteriori’. Judicaria, n. 22 (January-April 1993), page 8-46. Tione: Centro Studi Judicaria, page 16. Tabarelli de Fatis and Borelli also quote his claim on page 289 of their Stemmi e Notizie di Famiglie Trentine.