History
The name is derived, according to the tradition, from Kandidus, a noble Greek warrior, who escaping from the Lombard and Saracen invasion of nearby Medma, took refuge in the area. It is mentioned as belonging to the Candid Giovanni belonged to the great Giustiziere of Calabria Giovanni Candida, then passed in the centuries under many feudal lords and finally belonged to the Pignatelli lords of Borrello until 1806. The earthquake of 1783 wiped away Borrello and seriously damaged also Candidoni.
INFO:
Altitude: 239 m a.s.l
Population: ca. 500 inhabitants
-- Zip/postal code: 89020 -- Phone Area Code: 0966
Patron Saint: San Nicola
WHAT TO SEE
Church of San Nicola, rebuilt in 1793, is one of the richest in the Gioia Tauro plain, with a majestic marble altar, two huge statues of St. Peter and St Paul.
The ruins of nearby Borrello
SURNAMES:
[ different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]
(the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)
Total different Surnames: 72
ALBANESE * ALIFRACO * ALVARO * ARUTA * BARBALACE * BELLISSIMO 2 * CACCIATORE * CALZONE * CAVALLARO 5 * CIANCIO * CORBO 3 * CORDI' * CUCCIONE * DI GIGLIO 2 * EBURNEA 2 * FIRACA * FRUCI * FURFARO 3 * GANINO * GARISTO 2 * GATTO FRISINA 3 * GIORDANO LOVERSO * GIUFFRE * GIUFFRE' * GUCCIARDI * IACONIS * IDA' 2 * LA MANNA * LA ROCCA * LACQUANITI * LAMANNA 8 * LAMARCA * LAMBERTI * LAROCCA 3 * LARUFFA * LENTINI * LO GIUDICE * LOGIUDICE * LOVECE 2 * LOVERSO * MACRI' * MAMONE * MASSO * MAZZITELLI GANINO * MONEA 4 * MONTORRO 5 * MORANO * MURATORE 2 * NICOLACI * NOCERA * OZIMO * PROTO EBURNEA * RACHELE * RINITI * ROMANO * RUSSO * SARLO * SCARFO' 5 * SIBIO * SIMONELLI * SIRACA * SORBARA * SORRENTI * SOVERINO LA MANNA * SPANO' * SPATARO * TARTARIA 2 * TASSONE 2 * VARATTA * VINCI CAVALLARO 3 * VONA * ZIRINO * ZUPPARDI
Surnames that were present but have now disappeared:
Almaviva, Armenio, Beniamina, Calimera, Callà, Campisi, Capria, Carbone, Catalano, Cavallari, Chiniamo, Crocitta, D’Agostino, De Luca, Distasio, Facciolo, Franzè, Curuli, Gagliardi, Gallo, Gallucci, Golotta, Grillea, Ioculano, Laccisani, Lamari, Lascala, Lisotti, Loielo, Longo, Luppino, Luzza, Malvaso, Mannella, Marazzita, Micali, Mileto, Monfilier, Paglianiti, Palaia, Parrotta, Pascale, Pasalia, Polito, Primavera, Pompeo, Prossomariti, Quaranta, Raffaele, Restuccia, Riga, Romano, Sarleti, Sarlo, Simonetti, Sofrà, Soraci, Taverniti, Vigliarolo e Zurzulo. (Source: Rocco Giuseppe Tassone in “Calabria Sconosciuta” num. 88/2000)
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