Cybo

The House of Cybo, Cibo or Cibei of Italy was an old and influential aristocratic family from Genoa of Greek origin that ruled the Duchy of Massa and Carrara.^[1]^[2]

^ Smith, Philip (2009). The History of the Christian Church. General Books LLC. pp. 219–220. ISBN 978-1-150-72245-5. CHARACTER OF INNOCENT VIII… Cardinal John Baptist Cibo, who was elected as Innocent VIII. (1484–1492)…His family was of Greek origin, but had been long settled at Genoa and Naples by the name of Tomacelli that to which Boniface IX. belonged. The name of Cibo was taken from the chess-board pattern (itii/30s) in their arms. The father of Innocent had been Viceroy of Naples under King Rene, and Senator of Rome under Calixtus III.
^ Thomas, Joseph (2010). The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Cosimo, Inc. p. 704. ISBN 978-1-61640-071-2. Cybo or Cibo, che-bo', (Arano or Aaron,) the ancestor of a noble Genoese family, was born of Greek origin at Rhodes

[1] Smith, Philip (2009). The History of the Christian Church. General Books LLC. pp. 219–220. ISBN 978-1-150-72245-5. CHARACTER OF INNOCENT VIII… Cardinal John Baptist Cibo, who was elected as Innocent VIII. (1484–1492)…His family was of Greek origin, but had been long settled at Genoa and Naples by the name of Tomacelli that to which Boniface IX. belonged. The name of Cibo was taken from the chess-board pattern (itii/30s) in their arms. The father of Innocent had been Viceroy of Naples under King Rene, and Senator of Rome under Calixtus III.

[2] Thomas, Joseph (2010). The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Cosimo, Inc. p. 704. ISBN 978-1-61640-071-2. Cybo or Cibo, che-bo', (Arano or Aaron,) the ancestor of a noble Genoese family, was born of Greek origin at Rhodes

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