c. 1295/1300–1377/79 · Thessaloniki, Mount Athos, Constantinople
Philotheos Cocchini* (Kokkinos)
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, theologian, hagiographer, saint
Born Phokas in Thessaloniki; monk of Chortaites, Sinai and the Great Lavra; metropolitan of Herakleia 1347; patriarch 1353-54 and 1364-76; chief disciple and biographer of Gregory Palamas, whom he canonised in 1368; author of Lives of saints, homilies, hymns, the Synodal Tomos of 1368 and the Diataxis of the Divine Liturgy. Venerated as a saint (11 October).
Connection: Byzantine Greek bearer of the name (Kokkinos); no documented descendants
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Source: Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit (PLP), s.v. Philotheos Kokkinos · Mihail Mitrea, studies of Philotheos Kokkinos's hagiography (2016–2022)
fl. 1571–1587 · Corfu and Zante
Georgios Cocchini* (Kokkinis)
Galley commander (sopracomito) of the San Michele at Lepanto; Cavalier 1572; Magnifico of Zante
Elected commander of a Corfiot galley on 20 February 1571, fought at Lepanto on 7 October 1571, captured an Ottoman galley and was knighted on 21 June 1572; Corfu tradition names the village of Kokkini after him; Rizo-Rangabé records his entry in the Golden Book of Zante after the battle.
Connection: Ionian branch (Kokkinis / Cochini); Zante Golden Book entry no. 3
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Source: M. Cassar, I nomi delle galee … Lepanto 1571 (2014), p. 31 entry 161 · Rizo-Rangabé, Zante, p. 62 no. 3
fl. 1699 · Corfu
Antonios Cocchini* (Kokkinis)
Benefactor of the Kremasti well, Corfu Town
Donor of the Kremasti well (a Venetian-era cistern) in Corfu Town, whose 1699 inscription names him ANTONII COCCHINI in Latin and ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ΚΟΚΚΙΝΗ in Greek: the single most important document for the surname.
Connection: Ionian branch; the bilingual inscription proving Cocchini = Kokkini
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Source: Kremasti well inscription, MDCLXXXXIX / 1699
1791–1868 · Zante
Nicolò-Giorgio Cocchini* (Cochini)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Zante, 1838–1864
Born June 1791, son of Dionisio Cochini and Vittoria Micalizzi; Metropolitan Archbishop of Zante from 1838 to 1864; died 14 November 1868.
Connection: Zante line, entry no. 66, son of Dionisio (no. 55)
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Source: Rizo-Rangabé, Zante, p. 65 no. 66
1796–? · Zante
Dr. Giovanni Cocchini* (Cochini)
Lawyer and judge of Zante
Born June 1796, son of Dionisio; lawyer and judge; married Clelia Spezzioti of Bologna; father of the physicians Andrea-Dionisio and Pietro-Paolo and the lawyer Dionisio-Pericle.
Connection: Zante line, entry no. 71; father of nine
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Source: Rizo-Rangabé, Zante, p. 66 no. 71
1837–? · Zante
Alvise Cocchini* (Cochini)
Priest; editor of the Letters of the Archbishopric of Zante (1852–1862)
Born 3 July 1837, son of Demetrio; priest; married Maria Lecatsa; credited with publishing the Letters of the Archbishopric of Zante.
Connection: Zante line, entry no. 84
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Source: Rizo-Rangabé, Zante, p. 66 no. 84
1828–1897 · Zante
Dr. Andrea-Dionisio Cocchini* (Cochini)
Physician of Zante
Born April 1828, died 5 February 1897; physician; married Urania (Celestina) Candakiti; father of the engineer Giovanni, the pharmacist Nicolò and Dr Dionisio who married Rosa Savioz.
Connection: Zante line, entry no. 86
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Source: Rizo-Rangabé, Zante, p. 66 no. 86; p. 68
1758–1825 · Zante
Andrea Cocchini* (Cochini)
Member of the Grand Council of Zante (1785); signatory of the 1800 petition against commissioner Tisinghausen
Born 1758, died 1 December 1825; sat in the Grand Council in 1785 and signed the petition of 7 May 1800 with Foscardi and Siguro.
Connection: Zante line, entry no. 54 (the entry a Google AI overview wrongly attributed to 'Andrea Siguro')
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Source: Rizo-Rangabé, Zante, p. 65 no. 54
1895–1917 · Collecorvino (Pescara)
Gustavo Antonio Sofia Cocchini
Lieutenant (Tenente), fallen in the First World War; first name on the Collecorvino war memorial
Ten.te Cocchini Gustavo heads the list of Collecorvino's dead on the surviving original marble plaque (ICCD photograph ICCD12026257 / P3035377). The plaque is in our Archive, and the Abruzzo research report discusses the memorial.
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Source: ICCD / Ministero della Cultura catalogue, object 1300289569
fl. 1411 · Todi / Lucca
Nisterna Cocchini* (Cochini)
Senior treasury official in Paolo Guinigi's palace, Lucca
Ser Nisterna Cochini of Todi appears in a deed executed in Paolo Guinigi's palace in Lucca on 2 December 1411 (ASLu, Diplomatico, Fregionaia, old mazzo 556).
Connection: Early Italian bearer (Cochini); relationship unproved
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Source: Lucca Cocchini Archive Dossier (10 Oct 2026), p. 1-2
fl. 1615–1622 · Rome / Lucca
Giovanni Battista Cocchini* (Coccinus)
Papal auditor (Coccinus)
Two seventeenth-century Lucca documents (Diplomatico, Recuperate UD 546621, 1615; S. Frediano old mazzo 691, 1622) name the papal auditor Giovanni Battista Coccinus.
Connection: Early Italian bearer (Coccinus); relationship unproved
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Source: Lucca Cocchini Archive Dossier, Results at a glance
fl. 1488–1576 (several men of the name) · Rome
Mariano Cocchini* (de Cuccinis)
Name borne by several members of the noble Cuccini of Rome: a procurator in the Curia (1488), a doctor of both laws (epitaph 1502, S. Lorenzo in Damaso), the late Lord Mariano whose widow acts in 1542-44, and a 'magnificent lord' in 1576; the family's trade was that of aromatarii (apothecaries) in Parione and Ponte
The Cuccini, aromatarii of the Parione and Ponte districts, are described as noble in several entries of Jacovacci's Repertorii di famiglie; Mariano Cuccini is the most frequently cited name (the translations warn that the entries concern more than one Mariano and must not be merged) (Ott.lat.2549 pt.2 f.122v, pt.3 f.72r, pt.4 ff.242r-243r).
Connection: Roman Cuccini / Coccini family (Jacovacci repertory)
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Source: BAV Ott.lat.2549, De Dominicis index, CUCCINI
c. 1777–1854 · Venice/Tinos; Smyrna; Buca
Maria (or Nicolette / Nicoletta) Cocchini* (Cocchini della Grammatica)
Matriarch of the La Fontaine family of Smyrna
Married the Geneva merchant James La Fontaine at Smyrna in 1797; mother of nine; her descendants spread through the Anglo-Levantine families of Smyrna and Constantinople.
Connection: Levantine branch (Cocchini della Grammatica)
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Source: E. H. Giraud, Family Records (1934), levantineheritage.com
1886–1918 · Loreto Aprutino
Camillo Cocchini
Soldier, 45th Infantry; died of illness 20 October 1918; on both Loreto Aprutino war memorials
Born 7 January 1886 at Loreto Aprutino, son of Zopito; Albo d'Oro vol. II p. 127 (read on the original page); buried Fagarè grave 1281; married Maria Donata Buccella 20 April 1910; named on the 1923 church plaque in San Pietro Apostolo and the 1928 municipal monument ('COCCHINI CAMILLO (DI?) ZOP.').
Connection: Abruzzo main line: son of Zopito and Filomena Falone, paternal half-brother of Natale the clockmaker (per the tree)
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Source: Albo d'Oro dei caduti, vol. II Abruzzo e Molise, p. 127 · Abruzzo Master Report (18 Oct 2026), Camillo chapter
1897–after 1966 · Serramonacesca; Collecorvino; Arsia (Raša); Chieti
Corradino Francesco Carlo Cocchini
Reserve artillery lieutenant (WWI), municipal official of Collecorvino and of Arsia (Istria), refugee of the Istrian exodus, provincial official at Chieti
Born 8 April 1897 at Serramonacesca; wounded on the Third Army front 29 October 1917; deputy secretary of Collecorvino from 1932, moved to the municipality of Arsia near Pola in 1939, left in November 1943 and returned to Abruzzo in 1946; his Arolsen IRO family file (37 images) records his wife Filomena D'Amicodatri and children Donatina, Gustavo, Goffredo and Sanzio; honoured by the Prefettura di Chieti on retirement, 1 March 1966.
Connection: Abruzzo: son of Donato Cocchini and Giacinta Cicoria; brother of Lt Gustavo; in Michael's fresh GEDCOM (family F142)
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Source: Arolsen Archives, IRO Care and Maintenance, 3.2.1.2, ref. 03020102008.498 · L'Arena di Pola, ten family notices, 1953–1966
1920–1985 · Pescara; Dachau / Allach
Walter Cocchini
Electromechanic of Pescara; Dachau prisoner no. 54010, liberated at Allach 1945
Born 29 February 1920 at Pescara; arrested there 15 August 1942; admitted to Dachau 22 September 1943 (transport from Peschiera del Garda); transferred to Allach and liberated by the US Army; returned 27 July 1945 (ANRP LeBI 159006, 'Walter Giusto Cocchini'). Original Arolsen personal card 10010723 and office card 10628605 read.
Connection: Abruzzo (Pescara): son of Vincenzo and Ada Sabatini per the Walter tree; kinship to the main line unknown
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Source: Arolsen Archives, personal card 10010723; office card 10628605; entry register image 130431531 p. 164 · ANRP LeBI, record 159006
