The Faà di Bruno family is the name of an Italian noble family based in the areas of
Asti
Asti ( , ; ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 74,348 inhabitants (1–1–2021) located in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, about east of Turin, in the plain of the Tanaro, Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and ...
Alessandria
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, which provided the Counts (later Marquises) of
Bruno
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologn ...
. In 1703 the family became additionally counts of
Carentino
Carentino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southwest of Alessandria.
Carentino borders the following municipalities: Bergamasco, Borgo ...
Vignale
Vignale is the luxury car sub-brand of Ford Motor Company used in automobiles sold in Europe.Bruno
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologn ...
, near
Acqui
Acqui Terme (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is about south-southwest of Alessandria. It is one of the principal winemaking communes of the Italian DOCG wine Brachetto d'Acqui.
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, and were made joint-lords (''consignori'') of Bruno. Subsequently, prominent members included:
* Giovanni Matteo Faà di Bruno a musician of some importance from Casale who published two books of madrigals as well as vespers, psalms, motets and settings of the Magnificat. He was invested as first Count of Bruno in 1588.
*
Camilla Faà di Bruno
Camilla may refer to:
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* Camilla (given name), including a list of people with the name
* Queen Camilla (b. 1947), wife of Charles III, king of the Commonwealth realms
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* Camilla (mythology), daughter of King Metabus and Casmill ...
, (c.1599–1662), a society beauty who was married secretly, briefly and
morganatically
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to
Ferdinando I
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* Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549–1609)
* Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610–1670)
* Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663–1713), eldest son of Cosimo I ...
the
Gonzaga
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*Gonzaga, Lombardy, commune in the province of Mantua, Italy
*Gonzaga, Cagayan, municipality in the Philippines
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*Forte Gonzaga, fort in Messina, Sicily
Surname
*House of Gonza ...
Duke of Mantua
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and
Monferrato
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; her memoirs have been described as the first prose autobiography written by an Italian woman.
* Ferdinando Faà di Bruno became the first Marquis of Bruno when the county was elevated into a marquisate on 31 March 1652.
* Ortensio Faà di Bruno (''fl.'' 1686) was
priest
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in
Carentino
Carentino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southwest of Alessandria.
Carentino borders the following municipalities: Bergamasco, Borgo ...
.
* Antonino Faà de' marchesi di Bruno, conte di Carentino (1762–10 November 1829),
Bishop of Asti
The Diocese of Asti () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Piedmont, northern Italy, centered in the city of Asti. It has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin since 1515.Alessandro Faà di Bruno (1809–1891), a member of the
Accademia di Agricoltura di Torino
The Accademia di Agricoltura di Torino (academy of agriculture) of Turin was founded as the Società Agraria di Torino on 24 May 1785, by edict of Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia
Sardinia is traditionally known to have been initially ruled ...
he was an innovator in the field of agriculture. His estate was one of the largest in the areas of Alessandria and
Acqui
Acqui Terme (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is about south-southwest of Alessandria. It is one of the principal winemaking communes of the Italian DOCG wine Brachetto d'Acqui.
The c ...
and he experimented with growing the North-American '' saagaban'' as a potato substitute crop.Saagaban is identified with '' apios tuberosa'' in the articl 'Saagaban' in Heinrich August Pierer, ''Pierer's Universal-Lexikon der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart'', 4th edn., 19 vols (Altenburg: Verlagsbuchhandlung von H. A. Pierer, (1857–1865), XIV (1862), p. 637.
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Emilio Faà di Bruno
Emilio Faà di Bruno (7 March 1820 – 20 July 1866) was an Italian naval officer. He was born in the Kingdom of Sardinia and was a key figure in the unification of Italy and the creation of the Royal Italian Navy. Between 1863 and 1864 he toured ...
(1820–1866), officer of the
Regia Marina
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; as commander of the
ironclad
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frigate "Re D'Italia" he fell at the Battle of Lissa during the
Third Italian War of Independence
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Francesco Faà di Bruno
Francesco Faà di Bruno (7 March 1825 – 25 March 1888) was an Italian priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.See the Vatican News Servi ...
(1825–1888), brother of Emilio, was a mathematician and priest. He is best known for
Faà di Bruno's formula
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.
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Antonino Faà di Bruno
Antonino Faà di Bruno (15 December 1910 – 2 May 1981) was an Italian actor and former military officer.
Biography
A member of the aristocratic Faà di Bruno family, Antonino Faà di Bruno was born in London, the son of Marchese Alessandr ...
(1910–1981), an actor who appeared in films by
Pasolini
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Pigsty
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Fellini
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Amarcord
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La donna della domenica
''The Sunday Woman'' () is a crime novel by Italian authors Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini, first published in 1972. It was subsequently translated into English by William Weaver in 1973.
The novel is set in the city of Turin, and deals ...