De Montibus Explained

de Montibus (Latin), del Monte/da Monte (Italian) or de Monte/de Mont (French) is a topographic byname/surname^[1] literally meaning "from the mountains/mountain". Notable people with the name include:

De Monte

• Andrea De Monte
• Dante De Monte
• Hector de Monte
• Lambertus de Monte
• Philippe de Monte
• Petrus de Monte Libano
• Pierre de Monte
• Pietro del Monte
• Robertus de Monte

De Montibus

• Ebulo de Montibus or Ebal II de Mont (c.1230 – 1269) English nobleman of Savoy origin
• Jean Bourgeois de Montibus (fl. 1506), Roman Catholic prelate
• William de Montibus or William de Monte (d. 1213), theologian and teacher

Other

Sometimes the byname included the name or epithet of the mountain in question.

• Bernard de Monte Alto, Scottish knight
• Riccoldo da Monte di Croce
• Eustace de Montaut (de Monte Alto)

See also

• • • • Delmont (surname)
• Delmonte
• del Monte (surname)

Notes and References

1. Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", In Laudem Hierosolymitani (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59; p.55