Sanfelice

Coat of arms of the Sanfelice family

Staircase of the Palazzo Sanfelice in Naples (around 1724)

The Sanfelice are an Italian noble family of Norman origin who provided several ecclesiastical and royal Neapolitan dignitaries.

The family has been the owners of the lords of Agromonte, San Demetrio and Monliterno, as well as the Count of Corigliano, since the 13th century. The secure line of tribe begins in 1404 with Paride Sanfelice, Lord of San Felice. Later, individual lines carried the titles Duca di Bagnoli, Duca di Acquavella, Duca di Sancipriano, Marchese di Monteforte, Duca di Lauriano.

Important representatives

• Giovanni Tomaso Sanfelice (1500–1585), Bishop of Cava and Venosa , Papal Governor of Perugia and Umbria , Internuntius at the Council of Trento
• Giuseppe Maria Sanfelice (1614–1660), Archbishop of Cosenza, nuncio in Cologne
• Guglielmo Sanfelice D'Acquavella (1834-1897), Italian cardinal
• Luisa Sanfelice (1764-1800), Neapolitan revolutionary
• Nazario Sanfelice, Duca di Bagnoli, Duca di Sancipriano (1805–1867), Mayor of Naples
• Orazio Sanfelice, Duca di Bagnoli († 1632), Mayor of Naples

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