The House of Vitelli, among other families so named, were a prominent noble family of

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, rulers of

Città di Castello Città di Castello (); "Castle Town") is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Perugia, in the northern part of Umbria. It is situated on a slope of the Apennines, on the flood plain along the upper part of the river Tiber. The city is north ...

and lesser '' rocche''.

History

In spite of ambitious genealogies, there is no demonstrable connection with the ancient Roman Vitellius (gens). The Vitelli had been rich merchants of Città di Castello, who made themselves masters of the town in the early fourteenth century, after civic confrontations with the rival Guelf faction of the Brancaleone, and henceforward wielded political and military influence disproportionate to their small territory, as supporters of the

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Members of the historic family

* Giovan Luigi "Chiappino" Vitelli (1519–1575), soldier. * Francesco Vitelli (1586–1646), Roman Catholic ecclesiastic. * Niccolò Vitelli (1414–1486),

condottiero ''Condottieri'' (; singular ''condottiero'' or ''condottiere'') were Italian captains in command of mercenary companies during the Middle Ages and of multinational armies during the early modern period. They notably served popes and other Europ ...

. *

Vitellozzo Vitelli Vitellozzo Vitelli (c. 1458December 31, 1502) was an Italian condottiero. He was lord of Montone, Città di Castello, Monterchi and Anghiari. Biography Together with his father, Niccolò, who became lord of Città di Castello, and his brothers, ...

(c. 1458–1502), condottiero. * Paolo Vitelli (condottiero), lord of Montone. * Paolo II Vitelli, marquess of Cetona and Carmiano. *Giovan Paolo Vitelli, known as Giovanni (died 1512). There is a Palazzo Vitelli in many towns of Central Italy, notably the three in

, where in addition to Palazzo Vitelli a Sant'Egidio, Palazzo Vitelli a San Giacomo (Palazzo Vitelli in Piazza), stands at the heart of the city. The 16th-century Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera now houses an art gallery. In other ''comuni'' and cities: *

Cetona Cetona is a town and ''comune'' in the southern part province of Siena, Tuscany, in an area where Umbria and Lazio meet. The geographical elevation is between and the of Monte Cetona itself, at the base of which the town is situated at around ...

: Palazzo Vitelli, built for Marchese Giovan Luigi "Chiappino" Vitelli *

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the ...

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: Palazzo Vitelli in

Campo Marzio Campo Marzio is the 4th ''rione'' of Rome, identified by the initials R. IV. It belongs to the Municipio I and covers a smaller section of the area of the ancient ''Campus Martius''. The logo of this rione is a silver crescent on a blue backgroun ...

Modern people named Vitelli

* Joe Vitelli (1908 - 1967), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Paolo Vitelli (businessman), yacht manufacturer ( Azimut-Benetti)

In fiction

* Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 The Godfather (novel), novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al ...

'' *Andrea Vitelli is the protagonist of

Paul Féval, père Paul Henri Corentin Féval, ''père'' (29 September 1816 - 8 March 1887) was a French novelist and dramatist. He was the author of popular swashbuckler novels such as '' Le Loup blanc'' (1843) and the perennial best-seller '' Le Bossu'' (1857). ...

's novel ''Bel Demonio'' {{surname, Vitelli