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Giusti is an Italian surname.

House of Giusti (1715)
1715 -- Arms for the House of Giusti in argent on gules, six weights in the form of vases without handles from one to the other, 3 by 3.
House of Giusti (1715)
1715 -- Arms for the House of Giusti from the library at the University of Modena.
House of Giusti (After 1650)
1650 -- Arms for the House of Giusti from the library at the University of Modena.
House of Giusti (1650)
1650 -- Arms for the House of Giusti from the library at the University of Modena.
House of Giusti (1500)
1500 -- Arms for the House of Giusti from the library at the University of Modena.
Giovanni Battista Giusti of Colle Val D'Elsa coat of arms
Coat of arms for Giovanni Battista Giusti di Colle Val D'Elsa from 1571, found in Palazzo della Caravan (Pisa).

Variations

  • Iustis in Latin
  • Zufto/Zusto in Venetian
  • Giusto/Giusti in Italian
  • de' Giusti / de Giusti / De Giusti -- The "de" particle is used as the nobiliary particle. Note the writing at the bottom of Giovanni Battista Giusti's coat of arms found in the Palazzo della Caravan on the image in the side. In the partial writing of the name, it is written as "... Baptista De Iustis De Colle ...".
  • Giusti del Giardino
  • Giusti or Juste in French
  • Justo in Spanish

Origin

Source:

  • Originally came from Colle di Valle d'Elsa.
  • Migrated to Florence where, in addition to citizenship, they were entrusted with distinguished charges and functions.
  • Around this time, there is also a migration to Padua.
  • In 1141 they then moved to Venice and were integrated into the Venetian nobility as a patrician family.
  • They played a part in the election of Orio Mastropiero.
  • However, the family was excluded at the closing of the Maggior Consiglio.
  • Around 1311, Gumberto or Gomberto de Giusti migrates to Verona at the time of Cangrande I della Scala.
  • Lelio Giusti becomes the Podestà of Florence and Ambassador to the Doge Pasquale Malipiero.
  • Lorenzo Giusti reinstated their nobility, when they were excluded from the Maggior Consiglio, after the war in Genoa.
  • In 1502 the Venetian Republic, under Leonardo Loredan, grants them Dukedoms.
  • They receive the title of Counts of the land and castle of Gazzo.
  • In 1600 the title was confirmed by Emperor Rodolfo II.
  • In 1611 they were elected Roman citizens in the order of patricians and Senators.
  • In 1615 Giacomo Giusti was one of the four captains of the Venetian militia enlisted by the Republic on occasion of disturbances in Italy.
  • In 1620 they obtained the confirmation of the ancient nobility with the title of Counts of Gazzo and Venetian patricians.

Geographical distribution

Broken down by Giusti and de Giusti.

Giusti

As of 2014, 61.8% of all known bearers of the surname Giusti were residents of Italy (frequency 1:2,776), 13.8% of Brazil (1:41,500), 7.6% of the United States (1:133,747), 6.9% of Argentina (1:17,375) and 4.4% of France (1:42,362).

In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:2,776) in the following regions:

de Giusti

As of 2014, 71.3% of all known bearers of the surname de Giusti were residents of Italy (frequency 1:75,409), 16.5% of Argentina (1:227,359), 3.7% of Brazil (1:5,097,008), 2.5% of France (1:2,372,240), 2.0% of Venezuela (1:1,313,221), 1.9% of Australia (1:1,227,077), 1.1% of Canada (1:3,070,466), and 0.3% of United States (1:120,819,644).

In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:75,409) in the following regions:

  1. Friuli-Venezia Giulia (1:10,265)
  2. Veneto (1:15,740)
  3. Lazio (1:17,799)

Palaces

The Palazzo Giusti, located on the Canal Grande of Venice, was built in 1766.
Main entrance Giusti's Palace keystone, with rustic quoins and face of man

People

14th century
  • Gomberto or Gumberto de Giusti (1311)
  • Dondedeo de' Giusti (1343), Italian consular of Caffa for the Republic of Genoa
15th century
  • Lelio Giusti (1458), Podestà of Florence
16-18th century
  • Agostino Giusti (1548–1615), Italian diplomat in the service of the Medici and the Republic of Venice
  • Antonio Giusti (1624–1705), Italian painter
  • Giacomo Giusti (1615), one of four captains of the Venetian militia enlisted by the Republic on occasions of disturbances in Italy
  • Giovanni Battista Giusti (16th century), Italian scientific-instrument maker
  • Alvise Giusti (1709–1766), Italian lawyer, poet, and opera librettist
  • Girolamo Giusti (1703 – ?), Italian opera librettist
  • Luigi (Alvise) Giusti (1709–1766), Italian lawyer, poet, and librettist, nephew of Girolamo Giusti
  • His Excellency, the Baron de Giusti (1802), an Italian Baron in Genoa who corresponds with Napoleon
19-21st century

Companies

  • Miari & Giusti is an Italian automobile brand, founded in Padua in 1894.
  • De Giusti Orgoglio is an Italian company in San Vendemiano (TV) that sells prosecco and coffee.

References

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  3. Špoljarić, Luka. "Power and Subversion in the Ducal Palace: Dalmatian Patrician Humanists and Congratulatory Orations to Newly Elected Doges". Neo-Latin Contexts in Croatia and Tyrol: Challenges, Prospects, Case Studies: 81. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Italiana Ed. 2015-2019. Collegio Araldico - Roma. p. 147.
  5. Giusti surname distribution
  6. "de Giusti Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  7. "Villa Giusti dell'armistizio | Villa storica a Padova" (in Italian). 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  8. Annuario della nobiltà italiana (in Italian). Presso la direzione del Giornale araldico. 1880.
  9. Depping, Georges Bernard (1830). Histoire du commerce entre le Levant et l'Europe depuis les croisades jusqu'à la fondation des colonies d'Amérique (in French). Imprimé par autorisation du roi à l'Imprimerie royale.
  10. Della Crimea Del Suo Commercio E Dei Suo (in Italian).
  11. French), Napoleon I. (Emperor of the (1884). A Selection from the Letters and Despatches of the First Napoleon: With Explanatory Notes. Chapman and Hall, limited.
  12. "Macchine 'Enrico Bernardi' - Home page | Centro di Ateneo per i Musei". musei.unipd.it. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
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