Fisichella (surname)
Italian surname
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Etymology and history
Fisichella is an occupational surname, derived from Medieval Latin: physicus, lit. 'physician'.[1][3]
It originated in the outskirts of Catania[1][7][4] during the Middle Ages, probably to indicate the daughter of a physician.[1][3]
Between the 19th and the 20th century, the surname spread to Lombardy and Lazio.[2][7][5][6][3]
People named Fisichella
Notable people with this family name include:
- Domenico Fisichella, chaplain of Misterbianco
- Francesco Fisichella, ambassador of the city of Catania to the royal court of Madrid from 1671
- Giuseppe Fisichella, justice of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1782
- Francesco Fisichella (1841–1908), priest, philosopher and jurist
- Domenico Fisichella (born 1935), academic and politician
- Salvatore Fisichella (born 1943), operatic tenor
- Rino Fisichella (born 1951), academic, theologian and archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
- Giancarlo Fisichella (born 1973), racing driver
