Editing Raffaele Nostrini (section)

== Career ==
Nostrini began work as an assistant to the Ionian branch agent on 9 April 1788. His early duties concerned tenancy payments, olive-grove leases, and correspondence between Rossano and [[Cosenza]].

On 11 February 1804, he became ''capo del ramo ionico'' after the death of his uncle Tommaso Nostrini. His authority covered the Ionian branch papers and local estate accounts. After the legal reforms in the [[Kingdom of Naples]] in 1806, he began a review of the branch leases and inheritance claims used in the later family dispute.

After [[Domenico Nostrini]] died on 18 November 1810, Raffaele Nostrini first withheld support from both [[Vittorio Nostrini]] and [[Saverio Nostrini]]. He travelled to the [[Casa di San Michele]] in [[Aversa]] on 21 April 1811. The convocation opened there on 23 April 1811.<ref name="casa">''[[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]'' states that the delegates arrived at Aversa on 21 April 1811 and that the convocation opened on 23 April 1811 at the [[Casa di San Michele]].</ref>

During the sittings from 23 to 27 April 1811, Nostrini acted as mediator between the northern party and the southern branches. The final vote was held on 28 April 1811. Nostrini supported Vittorio's relocation settlement after the agreement preserved local agents for the remaining southern property. His vote gave the northern party the majority. The final act was signed on 30 April 1811.<ref name="convocazione" />

After the convocation, Nostrini returned to Rossano and kept the Ionian branch under the Nostrini surname. Between 1812 and 1819, the branches that moved north began using the surname Norte in northern records, while the older Nostrini name remained tied to the family's Calabrian origin.<ref name="noord">''[[Noord family]]'' states that the family originated in Calabria under the surname Nostrini and that, after the 1811 convocation, most of the family relocated to Northern Italy, where Nostrini was gradually replaced with Norte.</ref>

Nostrini remained head of the Ionian branch until 19 September 1849, when he transferred its lease papers to his eldest son, [[Giuseppe Nostrini]].