Piccio

For the painter known as Il Piccio, see Giovanni Carnovali.

The Piccio family is a family of Portuguese Jewish origin from Venice with established branches in different countries,^[1][2] most notably Argentina,^[3][4] France,^[5] Italy and the Philippines.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} Members also reside in lesser numbers in other countries.^{[11][12][13][14]}

The family’s name is an Italianized standardization by notaries in Rome of the original Portuguese Figo,^[1] which had occasionally been misrendered as Pigo due to the ambiguous pronunciation of the Hebrew פיגו, in which form it had often been written.

Members

Notable members include:

• Azaria Piccio, Venetian rabbi;
• Carlo Piccio, Philippine swimmer;
• Gino Piccio, Italian priest;
• Giuseppe Piccio, Italian literary critic;
• Mosè Piccio, Ottoman rabbi and lexicographer;
• Pier Ruggero Piccio, Italian World War I general and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force;
• Vicente Piccio, Jr., Philippine major general and Air Force Chief.

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