Volcasso Explained

The House of Volcasso or Volcassio was a Ragusan noble family.

History

They are mentioned since the 13th century, and were one of the wealthiest families in the 14th century.^[1] It was extinct by 1372.

Notable members

• Volcasso di Giovanni (1265), settled Ragusa.
• Pasqua de Bolchasso (1293), Ragusan diplomat in Venice.
• Pasque de Volcasso (1302).^[2]
• Zugno de Volchasso (1303).
• Goysclaua de Volcasso (1304), wife of Paolo Querini.^[3]
• Junius de Volcax (1313).
• Junius de Volcasso (1319).^[4]
• Junii de Volcasso (1340).
• Laurizza de Volcasso (1343–44).
• Matchi de Volcasso (1363).^[5]
• Laurentius de Volcasso/de Volcasio/Lorenzo de Volcaxo (1352–59), rector.^[6]
• Marini de Volchasso.
• Clementis de Vulchasso
• Vincenzo Volcasso.

Annotations

Also spelt Volchasso, Bolchasso, Volcassio, Volcasio, Vulchasso, Volcax, Volcaxo. The name was derived from Slavic Vlkas, Vlkasović (Vukasović).

Sources

• Book: Zdenko Zlatar. Our Kingdom Come: The Counter-Reformation, the Republic of Dubrovnik, and the Liberation of the Balkan Slavs. 1 January 1992. East European Monographs. 978-0-88033-239-2. 34–37.
• Posjed obitelji Volcassio u srednjovjekovnom Dubrovniku. Anali Zavoda Za Povijesne Znanosti Hrvatske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti U Dubrovniku. 2013. hr.

Notes and References

1. Book: Zdenko Zlatar. Our Kingdom Come: The Counter-Reformation, the Republic of Dubrovnik, and the Liberation of the Balkan Slavs. 1 January 1992. East European Monographs. 978-0-88033-239-2. 34–37.
2. Book: Monographs. 1960. Naučno delo. 437.
3. Book: Studi Veneziani. 2001. L.S. Olschki. 51.
4. Book: Bariša Krekić. Dubrovnik. 1 January 1997. Ashgate Publishing Company. 978-0-86078-631-3. 68.
5. Book: Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti. Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. 1982. Jugoslavenska akademija zanosti i umjetnosti..
6. Book: Diplomatički zbornik kraljevine Hrvatske, Dalmacije i Slavonije. 1914. Zavod za povijesne znanosti JAZU. 90, 297, 620.