Gabrielli

The Gabrielli are an Italian feudal family from Gubbio, in Umbria.

Related Topics:
Gubbio - Umbria

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Some historians trace their origins back to the Roman age, and claim they descend from the emperor Caracalla, however the first historical documents mentioning the family appear in the 10th century only, when Cante was awarded by Pope Stephen VII a few castles in central Italy, and especially the castle at Luceoli, which was named Cantiano (i.e. belonging to Cante) after him.

Related Topics:
Caracalla - Pope Stephen VII

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The family grew in power and many of its members had remarkable lives:

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Forte Gabrielli was a hermit in the mountains around Gubbio, and later on joined the Benedectines at Fonte Avellana. He died on 9 May 1040 and was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV on 17 March 1756. His body is still exposed in the Cathedral of Gubbio.

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Saint Rodolfo Gabrielli was born in 1034 and in 1054 bequeathed his castle at Camporeggiano to Saint Peter Damian and became a Benedectine monk at the Monastery of Fonte Avellana. He was appointed bishop of Gubbio in 1061 and died on 17 October 1064. He was later sanctified.

Related Topics:
Saint Rodolfo Gabrielli - Saint Peter Damian - Benedectine - Gubbio

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His brother Pietro Gabrielli was also beatified.

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Girolamo Gabrielli was the leader of 1000 knights during the First Crusade. According to an undocumented tradition he was the first Crusader to enter the Holy Sepulchre when Jerusalem was seized (1099).

Related Topics:
Girolamo Gabrielli - First Crusade - Holy Sepulchre - Jerusalem

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Cante Gabrielli was Commander in Chief of the Guelph League in Central Italy and Podestà (Lord-Mayor) of Florence. He condemned Dante Alighieri, the famous poet, to exile. Giosue Carducci (1835-1907), the famous Italian poet and Nobel Prize winner, dedicated a sonnet to him.

Related Topics:
Cante Gabrielli - Guelph - Italy - Florence - Dante Alighieri - Giosue Carducci - Nobel Prize

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Castora Gabrielli joined the Franciscan order as a tertiary. She died on 14 June 1391 and was later beatified.

Related Topics:
Castora Gabrielli - Franciscan

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Giovanni Gabrielli, count of Borgovalle was lord of Gubbio from 1350 to 1354.

Related Topics:
Giovanni Gabrielli, count of Borgovalle - Gubbio

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Gabriello Gabrielli was bishop and lord of Gubbio from 1381 to 1384.

Related Topics:
Gabriello Gabrielli - Gubbio

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Gabriele Gabrielli was bishop of Urbino and Cardinal. He died in 1511.

Related Topics:
Gabriele Gabrielli - Urbino - Cardinal

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Francesco Gabrielli, count of Baccaresca, served as General of Italian troops during the Portugal war and died at the battle of Alcazarquivir in 1578.

Related Topics:
Francesco Gabrielli, count of Baccaresca - Portugal - Alcazarquivir

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Giulio Gabrielli (1604-1677) was created Cardinal in 1641.

Related Topics:
Giulio Gabrielli - Cardinal

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Another Giulio Gabrielli (1748-1822) served as Cardinal Secretary of State.

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The count Nicolò Gabrielli (1814-1891) was a well known musician at the court of the French Emperor Napoleon III.

Related Topics:
Nicolò Gabrielli - Napoleon III

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The family divided over the centuries in many branches, the most famous of which was the one that settled in Rome and obtained the title of Prince of Prossedi. Two members of this branch married two princesses of the Bonaparte family. The line is currently continuing in the di Carpegna-Falconieri-Gabrielli family.

Related Topics:
Rome - Bonaparte

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A branch that settled in Fano was styled Gabrielli-Wiseman, and was related to Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman.

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Another branch settled in Fano was styled Gabrielli di Montevecchio, and bears the titles of Duke and Count.

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The branch that settled in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies bears the title of Count Gabrielli and Baron of Quercita.

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All the branches bear the title of Patrizio di Gubbio (Patrician of Gubbio).

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