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Ancient family, originally from Parma, whose first vestiges refer to the thirteenth century, in which some characters of this family appear in deeds of sale and purchase of real estate. Pietro "Bonus" de Bono was one of the leaders of the revolt of 1477 against the faction of the Rossi of Parma (Angeli, La historia di Parma, Parma, Viotto, 1591, lib. IV, page 396); Genesio appears in the list of the elders of the "ducal team" in the Parmense statutes of 1494 (Statuta magnificae civit. Parma, Parmae, Ang. Ugoletus, MCCCCXCIIII, c.1) and after him in the municipal provinces they are listed as members of the elderly a Benedict, an Alexander, a John, a Francis, a Peter, a Cosmos and a Bartholomew, chief of the elders. In the "Registration number of the notaries of Parma" are inscribed: Pietro di Antonio all'an. 1430, Giovanni di Pietro, an. 1469, Genesius of Peter, an. 1476, Cosma di Pietro, an. 1481, Sigismondo di Pietro, 1486, Benedetto di Genesio, an. 1505, Giangaspare di Ugolino, an. 1512, Cosma of Genesio, an. 1522. A Giovanni was created by Vicar of Parma by Alessandro Farnese, a Pietro was an auditor of civil cases in Piacenza, where he obtained Piacenza citizenship in 1589. In the church of S. Giovanni Evangelista dei PP. Benedictines of Parma, in the chapel of the Virgin, there are ancient sepulchral plaques and the noble coat of arms of the family; in the vault it reads the name of Pietro Bono, who made Correggio make the two priceless paintings: the Pietà and the martyrdom of S. Placido, in memory of Don Placido his son, who entered a monk in that order. An Antonio had an altar erected in the church of S. Francesco in the city in memory of a daughter named Dorotea, of which a