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The first to show up was in the 1400s when
Geromino Ruggieri was a member of Christopher Columbus' crew on the Santa Maria. Then, the first Catholic missionary to enter China about 1565 was Micale Ruggieri, a Jesuit, (Marco Polo went to China earlier, but he was a merchant). When the Jesuit Micale
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The
Ruggieri family name is spread all over the last few centuries. In 1210 AD, King Roger the First ruler southern Italy and Sicily and from his rule many people took his name. The first name was always shown last; therefore, the family names were shown in front. For example, Micale Ruggieri.
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returned to Italy, he was assigned to
Florence where he taught relatives the art of making firework displays that he learned in China. The Ruggieri's became world renowned for their great ability to construct firework displays that rivaled the Aurora Borealis.
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32:(1628–1698), Italian luthier (maker of violins and related instruments), whose children were notable luthiers as well
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Roger was translated into the singular
Ruggiero group of Ruggiero’s became the plural Rogers or Ruggieri.
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