Sardo

Sardo

 Alias: none

 Blazon:  azure, four pales or, and three fleurs-de-lis or, 2 and 1, on top.

 Origins: unknown

 Seat: Catania, Siracusa, Mount San Giuliano, Messina

 Notable people: Guglielmo, Luigi, Giovanni Antonio, Francesco Maria, Antonino, Giacinto, Philip, Joseph, Antonino, Peter

 Titles: Baron of Fontana Coperta, Baron of Bulgarano, Baron of Motta Camastra

 Bibliography: Mango 1912, s.v. 'Sardo'

This family enjoyed nobility in Catania, Siracusa, Monte S. Giuliano, and Messina. They possessed the baronies of Bulgarano, Fontana Coperta, Motta Camastra, and others. Notable members include Guglielmo, a corporal of arms under the Martini; Luigi, who served as senator in Catania multiple times between 1515 and 1530; Giovanni Antonio, who held the same position in Catania in 1518-19 and again in Siracusa in 1584-85; Francesco Maria, a senator in Siracusa in 1581-82; Francesco, listed in the Mollica noble register in 1596; Antonino, a juror in Siracusa across several years between 1622 and 1648; Giacinto, who held the same office in 1694-95; Filippo, a juror and senator between 1696 and 1721; Giuseppe, Baron of Fontanacoperta, who was captain of justice in Monte San Giuliano in 1740-41 and again in 1805-6, also serving as senator in 1812-13. Antonino Sardo and Palizzolo, and Pietro Sardo and Palizzolo were pro-conservators in Monte San Giuliano in 1759 and 1778, respectively. A Pietro (possibly the same as the previous) was a patrician in Monte San Giuliano in 1787-88. The official definitive list of noble and titled families of the Sicilian region includes Mr. Pietro Sardo, son of Giuseppe, son of Pietro, with the title of Baron of Fontanacoperta.