Rinaldi Coat of Arms

Special Note: Conti (the Italian version of the noble title "Count"). Conti Salvatore Rinaldi I was the son of Alfonso Rinaldi (1789 – 1830) and Sebastiana Del Castillo. Conti Salvatore Rinaldi I The noble bloodline of the Rinaldi family moved from Italy to Sicily sometime in the 1700s, and, became land barons and producers of wine. By 1789 the Rinaldi family owned a grand home in Palermo (claimed to rival Villa Borghese in Rome) and thousand of acres outside of Palmero where their wine was produced. Conti Salvatore Rinaldi I was kind and generous to his workers and gave massive gifts of land and money to the Roman Catholic church. He died after a fire destroyed most of Casa Rinaldi. Sources: • Italiana Nobile Famiglia di Rinaldi By Angelo Nuzzi ISBN: 1499393180 • FamilySearch.com and Ancestry.com • Italian Genealogical Institute • Wikipedia • Poma, Ignazio (1926/27). Sulla data della composizione originaria del Catalogus Baronum. Archivio Storico Siciliano XLVII. pp. 233–239. • Guy Stair Sainty, Rafal Heydel-Mankoo. World Orders of Knighthood & Merit. Published by Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 2006, pp. 156-158, 370-372. ISBN 978-0-9711966-7-4.

Conti Salvatore Rinaldi I was the son of Alfonso Rinaldi (1789 – 1830) and Sebastiana Del Castillo. Conti Salvatore Rinaldi I The noble bloodline of the Rinaldi family moved from Italy to Sicily sometime in the 1700s, and, became land barons and producers of wine. By 1789 the Rinaldi family owned a grand home in Palermo (claimed to rival Villa Borghese in Rome) and thousand of acres outside of Palmero where their wine was produced. Conti Salvatore Rinaldi I was kind and generous to his workers and gave massive gifts of land and money to the Roman Catholic church. He died after a fire destroyed most of Casa Rinaldi.