The House of Binciola or Binčulić was one of the patrician families of Dubrovnik and the Republic of Ragusa, active between the 12th and 17th centuries.[1]
Name
Their original name, in Italian, was Binciola, which was also spelled Binçola, Binzola, Biniciola, Bensiola and Buccignola.[2] In modern Croatian, it has been transcribed as Binčola, and Slavicized into Binčulić.[3]
History
They hailed from Cavtat in modern-day Croatia, then known as Epidaurum.[4] They were among the eleven smallest houses in the 15th century.[5] In the beginning of the 15th century Ragusan nobility were present in Novo Brdo as merchants or mining lords; Binçola were also present.[6] Serafim Radi enumerated the noble families that lived in Ragusa in 1588, including the Binciolla.[7]
Members
Bernardus (Bernardo) Bensiola/Binciola (fl. 1550–54)
Hieronymus D. Marini Buccignola (fl. 1559)
Johannes ser Marianus [Mariani] Bindola (fl. 1587)