Foscolo (surname)
Foscolo was a Venetian aristocratic house. A branch of the family settled in Greece following the Fourth Crusade, their name later hellenized as Foskolos (Greek: Φώσκολος).
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| Place of origin | Republic of Venice |
Notable members
- Leonardo Foscolo, 17th-century Venetian commander
- Nikolaos Foskolos (born 1937), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens
- Nikos Foskolos (1927–2013), Greek screenwriter and director
- Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827), Italian writer, poet and revolutionary
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