{{Short description|Italian noble family}} The '''Passi de Preposulo family''' is an ancient Italian noble family originally from Bergamo, Lombardy.<ref name="villatiepolopassi.it">{{cite web|url=http://www.villatiepolopassi.it/conti-passi.htm|title=Conti Passi de Preposulo, Antica Famiglia Bergamasca, Ville Venete|website=www.villatiepolopassi.it|accessdate=18 March 2019}}</ref>

{{Infobox noble house | surname = House of Passi de Preposulo | coat of arms = Passi_Venice_shield.png | image_size = 180px | motto = ''Vince et conosce te ipsum'' | motto_trans = | type = | country = {{Flag|Italy}}<br>{{Collapsible list |title = Former countries | * 22px|border Republic of Venice *22px|border Kingdom of Italy}} | titles = * Count Passi de Preposulo * Noble of Bergamo | founded = 10th century | founder = Henricus de Preposulo | parent house = | current head = Alberto Passi de Preposulo | cadet branches = }}

== History == The first documented history dates back to 973.<ref name="villatiepolopassi.it"/>

The early surname of this noble Bergamo family was “de Preposulo”. It has remained until now in the coat of arms of the Counts Passi de Preposulo in abbreviated form, and was in use, especially in Latin, until the eighteenth century.

They began to be called "Passi" when, in 1307, Ottopasso de Preposulo helped negotiate the peace between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Bergamo. Since then they have been called "quelli de la pas" from which “the Pas” and then “the Passi”.

The first mention dates back to a Henricus de Preposulo, ''filius quondam Petri Federici, Sacri Palatii judicis'' (Archive of the Cathedral of Bergamo).

They distinguished themselves as magistrates, in arms, in letters and, in particular, in the ecclesiastical field.

The family was admitted in 1743 to the Council of the Nobility of Bergamo and acquired the comital title.<ref name="giulio">"http://www.giuliocesaro.it/pdf/cesaro/51-La%20Certosa%20di%20VigodarzereSOS.pdf{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}" Giuliocesaro.com</ref>

thumb|Villa Tiepolo-Passi One of the properties of the family, acquired in the first half of the eighteenth century, is the Villa Tiepolo-Passi in Carbonera, Veneto.<ref name="villatiepolopassi.it"/> The Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain was married in June 2017 to a current member of the family, Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Swertlow|first1=Meg|title=Jessica Chastain Marries Fashion Exec Gian uca Passi de Preposulo in Italy|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/857980/jessica-chastain-marries-fashion-exec-gian-luca-passi-de-preposulo-in-italy|publisher=E!|date=June 11, 2017|accessdate=June 11, 2017}}</ref>

== Family == '''Marco Celio Passi''', di Fermo, di Enrico and di Luca, count, knight and noble, doctor of law, (1828–1897), son of Fermo and of noblewoman Elisabetta Zineroni. He married, firstly, Giulia of the Counts Valier, patrician of Venice, and secondly, Carolina of the Counts Passi, with whom he had:

*Count '''Alessandro Fermo''' (1860–1903), married Giuseppina of the Counts Mozzi, from which: **Ippolita (1884–1975), married a lawyer, Plinio Donatelli; **Giulia (1886–1971), married the Marquis Francesco Tacoli; **'''Marco Celio''' (1888–1890); **Modesta (1889–1967); **Maria Luisa (born 1891), married three times sequentially to: Marquis Filippo Tacoli; Captain Carlo Cavalli; noble Leone Tiberelli; **Benedetta (born 1893) **Angelina (1895–1977), married the General Giacomo Papi; **Livia (1897–1982). *Count '''Arduisio Enrico Matteo''', doctor of law, Italian official, (1862–1945), married Maria dei ''conti'' Mappelli-Mozzi, (1865–1943; a sister of Paolo Mapelli Mozzi, a twice great-grandfather of Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi), with issue: **Carolina (1887–1968), wed Giovanni Striscia Fioretti; **Count '''Alessandro Fermo''', doctor, engineer, cavalry officer, (born 1890), married Maria Anna of the Barons De Zigno, with whom he had: ***Count '''Gian Luca''', doctor, engineer, with issue: ****Maria Alessandra (born 1945), marries Dr. Paolo Bauce; ****Giovanna (born 1947) married Dr. Pasquale Manzi; ****Count '''Alberto''' (born 1949), married Barbara Bruni, with whom he had: *****Count '''Gian Luca''' (born 1982), married American actress and film producer Jessica Chastain, with whom he has two children: ******Giulietta (born 2018). ******Count '''Augustus''' (born 2020). *****Gaia (born 1985), married Federico Iannello ****Count '''Cesare''' (born 1950), married firstly ... Lozano, with whom he had issue, and secondly with ''Donna'' Maria Belén Ruspoli dei Principi Ruspoli daughter of Luis Ruspoli, 7th Marquis of Boadilla del Monte, with whom he had three children: *****Lucia (born 1987); *****Maria (born 1988); *****Count '''Alejandro''' (born 1998); *****Carmen (born 2003); *****Count '''Luca''' (born 2006). ****Francesca (born 1953), married Alberto Franchini. ***Emma (born 1920), married Baron Roberto Ciani Bassetti. ***Count '''Achille''' (born 1924), doctor of chemistry, married, with issue: ****Count '''Alessandro''' (born 1951) doctor of letters, married Lynn Maria Pitcher, with whom he had: *****Count '''Federico Achille''' (born 1981). ***Maria Antonia (born 1927) married Dr. Carlo Perissinotti Bisoni; ***Count '''Enrico Matteo''', doctor of agricultural sciences (born 1931), married 1965, ''Donna'' Caterina Corsini of the Princes of Sismano.<ref name=giulio/> ****Ludovica (born 1966), married Lorenzo Villoresi [Alessandro (1998), Arturo (2000), Gemma (2005)]. ****Maddalena (born 1970), married Marco Pinciroli [Giovanna (2000), Francesca (2002), Giacomo (2003)].

== Notable members == * Luca Passi * Marco Celio, Conte di Preposulo

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.villatiepolopassi.it/en/ Homepage of Villa Tiepolo Passi]

Venetian noble family Category:Italian noble families