Diodati or Deodati is a

family name In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. The Diodati were a patrician family from Lucca. In Lucca, in the sixteenth century, they commissioned the sculptor and architect Nicolao Civitalia to build the Palazzo Diodati now Palazzo Orsetti. They were forced to move to Geneva due to their adherence to the Protestant religion. The first to convert and to permanently reside in Geneva was Pompeo (1542-1602), son of Niccolò (of Alessandro) (1511-1544) and of his wife Zabetta Arnolfini. Pompeo became a disciple of Pier Martire Vermigli after having been exposed to reformist ideas during his travels to Piedmont and Lyon. In 1563 he was in Venice, in 1564 again in Lyons, in 1565 in Geneva; then in Montargis near Renata d'Este, when he returned to Lucca he was forced to abandon his city having been denounced to the Inquisition. He resided permanently in Geneva from 1572. Pompeo Diodati together with Francesco Turrettini, Orazio Micheli, Fabrizio Burlamacchi, Cesare Balbani, all fellow citizens of Lucca who were exiled for reasons of faith, created the cartel of Geneva silk merchants, called La Grande Boutique.Geneve au siecle de la reforme economie et refuge. Memoires et document publies par la societe d'histoire et d'archeologie de geneve tome LII Paperback – January 1, 1987 Notable people with the name include: *

Charles Diodati John Milton was involved in many relationships, romantic and not, that impacted his various works and writings. Marriage Mary Powell Milton married Mary Powell in May 1642, and, shortly after, she left him and returned to live with her mother. He ...

(1608?–1638), schoolmate and close friend of John Milton *

Élie Diodati Élie Diodati (Elia, Elias) (1576–1661) was a Genevan lawyer and jurist from a leading Calvinist family in Geneva, who had moved there from Lucca. He is now known as a supporter of Galileo: they started their correspondence in 1620 and met in Fl ...

(1576–1661),

Genevan Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

lawyer *

Fred Diodati Fred Diodati is the lead singer of The Four Aces. He has intermittently been the lead singer of the Four Aces since 1958, when he replaced Al Alberts. He currently leads a band who refers to themselves as The Four Aces, though all of the songs ...

, lead singer of

The Four Aces The Four Aces are an American male traditional pop quartet popular since the 1950s. Over the last half-century, the group amassed many gold records. Its million-selling songs include " Love is a Many-Splendored Thing", " Three Coins in the Fou ...

since 1956 *

Giovanni Diodati Giovanni Diodati or Deodati (3 June 15763 October 1649) was a Genevan-born Italian Calvinist theologian and translator. His translation of the Bible into Italian from Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources became the reference version used by ...

or Deodati (1576–1649), Italian Protestant Bible scholar *

Lucio Diodati Lucio Diodati (born 1955) is an Italian painter. He was educated at the Academy of Fine Art in L'Aquila, Italy. Diodati's work has mainly been exhibited in the United States and Italy. His first paintings were exhibited in 1980. In 2002 he went to ...

(born 1955), Italian painter *

Roelof Deodati Roelof Diodati (Dordrecht, 28 July 1658 – Batavia, 10 March 1723) was a governor of Dutch Mauritius in the late 17th century. Life Diodati was from Swiss-Italian descent. His grandfather was Jean Diodati, a theologian, who translated the Bible ...

or Rodolfo Diodati, Dutch governor of Mauritius 1692–1703

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