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PIO DI SAVOIA , an See also:ancient See also:noble See also:Italian See also:family, first mentioned by See also:good authorities in the 14th See also:century. From the See also:house of See also:Este (q.v.) they received the lordship of See also:Carpi, and later they acquired the fiefs of Meldola, Sassuolo, &c. Many members of the family were distinguished as condottieri, diplomats and ecclesiastics. Alberto Pio obtained from the house of See also:Savoy in 1450 the See also:privilege of adding " di Savoia" to his name as a See also:reward for his military services. Another Alberto Pio (1475-1J31), who was See also:French See also:ambassador in See also:Rome, won fame as a See also:man of learning, and See also:Cardinal Rodolfo Pio (1516-1564) was a trusted adviser to See also:Pius III. and helped to establish the See also:Inquisition at See also:Milan. Ascanio Pio (d. 1649) was a dramatic poet of some merit. See also:Spain conferred the See also:title of See also:prince on the family, and one See also:branch of it is to this See also:day established in Spain. See P. Litta, Le Famiglie celebri italiane (Milan) ; G. Campori 1llenzorie storiche di Marco Pio di Savoia (See also:Modena, 1876) ; A. Ceriani and G. Porro, " Il Rotolo epistografo dei principi Pio di Savoia," in the Archivio storico See also:lombardo, See also:ser. II. an. XI. fast. 1, ser. III. an. VIII. 96, and ser. III. an. XIX. 453. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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