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2 unusual facts about Thorbjorn Paternò Castello


Thorbjorn Paternò Castello

The Libro d'Oro lists the Paternò family as an historical family for more than a thousand years which traces its origins to Prince Robert of Embrun and to the Sovereign House of Barcelona and Provence which arrived in Sicily in 1060 as part of the entourage of King Roger, seizing the Castle and Lordship of Paternò therefrom it assumed its name.

Filadelfo Mugnos, Theatro Genealogico, 1650, s.v. "Paternò" p.



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