Volcasso

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.

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

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

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

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