The D'Agostino family is a Sicilian noble lineage originated at least in the thirteenth century, Sicilian strain of historical noble family Agostini Fantini Venerosi Della Seta Gaetani Bocca Grassi from Pisa, family of noble origin, Earls of the Kingdom of Italy, Earls Palatino of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, noble patricians of the Maritime Republic of Pisa. This family dressed different political-military roles in Sicily. The Gaetani (Caetani) family, which the D'Agostino family is connected to, historically claimed descent from the ancient Roman gens Anicia, a prestigious patrician family known for being among the first Roman aristocratic families to embrace Christianity. The Anicii maintained significant influence in both ecclesiastical and imperial affairs. As a result, the D'Agostino family’s association with the Gaetani line suggests a potential ancestral connection to the late imperial Roman aristocracy.
This noble and distinguished family there are many virtues of its members, the costs charged, the titles and fiefs. Among its exponents includes a Bourbon army colonel, two army captains of the two Sicilies, a former captain of the Hunters, a higher line of Prince, a legitimist officer, an artillery lieutenant, a 1st Lieutenant, and members of different orders of chivalry, such as Rinaldo, in 1283 member of the order of the knights of Girgenti (Agrigento).
Not least the nobility of the sword was the nobles of the robe, Peter D'Agostino Rational Master of the Kingdom of Sicily, in the second half of the fifteenth century. Besides he find other family members to fill such as: Andreotto D'Agostino, in 1515, another Pietro D'Agostino in the second half of the sixteenth century. These Distinguished members of the D'Agostino entered the Court of the Real Estate, collegial office, having control functions, recording and jurisdiction on financial and monetary matters, composed of six rational masters appointed by the King. These were the supervision of all financial affairs and accounts of all the other pecuniary officers, they participated in the meetings of the Holy Royal Council with binding opinion on their subject, and often corresponded directly with the sovereign without going through the viceroy. Other members of the Holy Royal council, was Antonio D'Agostino as vice-chancellor of the Holy Royal Council. Other positions held were: that of Governor Peter covered in Mazara, to Secreto by Philip Matthew, that of Ambassador William in Nicosia and in the Court of the Aragonese King Peter of Aragon, that of Governor of Pietro Bianchi Company in Palermo for several years, that of Magistrate John, that of Judge Pretoriano covered with James in Girgenti, that of Mazara del Castellano Crown Castle from Andreotto, that of Magistrate John, to Proconservatore Antonio, to Juror covered with Giovan Vincenzo, Matteo, Giovanni, and so on. According to family tradition, the Agostini family—merchants and bankers with branches in Pisa, Palermo, Ancona, Venice, and Antwerp, and members of the Bergoline Lanfranchi consortium—were enlisted by the Venetian Republic to aid Pisa, owing to their reputed expertise in the use of the then “new” firearms.
Representatives and distinguished characters
- Filippo Matteo D'Agostino, was secreted of Petralia and purchased by Artale Cardona Count of Collesano, the fief of Flureni or Xureni and its possessions near Polizzi Generosa (act of the notary Nicola Rosso of 7 December 1470).
- Rinaldo D'Agostino was in Girgenti (now Agrigento), in 1283, counted among the knights of the city.
- Giuseppe D'Agostino, born in Genzano di Roma 1969, obstetrician