"Maestro" most often refers to a "master" or "teacher" of music or the arts. Not necessarily nobility, per se.

"La Camara" is not found, but "Camara" is peppered in some of the northern Italian provinces...

I wish I could help on the other questions, but certainly it would not be a stretch for a ...

Yes, Nicolao is referred to the same saint(s) as Nicola and Niccolò.
This one was the son of the deceased "Maestro" Antonino ("Maestro" is an artisan, like a mason, or a carpenter) and Ligutina (never heard this name before).
Notice that there's an abbreviation mark over an "a" in "Camara", so ...

24 February 1544, Nicolao (de???) la Camara is born in Monreale, Sicily to Maestro Antonino and Ligutina??? (I don't recognize this name) la Camara.

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6 April ...

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11 November 1612

Death of Nicolao (archaic spelling of Niccolo???) La Camara, son of the deceased Mario??? Antonino and ????? La Camara, of Monreale, aged about ...

From what I can find online, the surname appears to be specific to Palermo/Monreale. I do think you are on the right track concerning its origin, even though I see online that the etymology of the surname is obscure. The reason I say this is because Prof Fucilla, in his book on Italian surnames ...

In the first record, Pasquale was from Monreale. I believe it is the priest who was the confessor-the priest to whom he confessed his sins before dying-who was the person who lived in Bagheria? (Palermo). Pasquale may have been age 40, but I'm not sure about that.

In the second record, I think ...

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Andrea, son of deceased Pasquale and deceased Agatha "Rachamatisi" (spelled like this in the record, but the modern spelling of this surname is Roccamatisi), age ???, lived in ...

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Sixth down on the right

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the index here only has the ...

erudita74 wrote: 29 Apr 2021, 13:42 Of this parish and city

Thank you

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Her parents are the deceased Pietro and the deceased Margherita Damiata, but I can't decipher their place of origin. Their surname sounds Spanish to ...

mmogno wrote: 10 Oct 2020, 01:47

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Marriage of Giacomo, son of Giovanni Antonio and Filippo Lombardo, to Maria, daughter of Pietro and mother??? Bellavia

Thank you!

I would say 30.



I read it as "30".


Thank you Livio and darkerhorse, what does "ats Sapia" mean, though?



Sapia is a surname, so my understanding from what I have read here on the forum is that "ats" means "alias" or "also known as" ie "also known as Sapia".

Angela



If your ...

In the index

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Benedetto Giandilivigni and Domenica ???? married on August 1, 1574

It says page 132, but there are multiple books that contain that year, and they are all very ...

#13 on the left

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Luca Balsano marries Isabella Messina on August 20, 1559

in the index

G. Luca Balsano, son of Andrea, born April 24, 1541

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Marriage of Giacomo, son of Giovanni Antonio and Filippo Lombardo, to Maria, daughter of Pietro and mother??? surname???