 The fact that members of the family were officials in the royal court in 1390s, i.e.immediately after they first moved to Messina, suggests that this Roman family belonged to the Italian nobility from earlier years.Also the great number of the Caridi members who went to become high officials in royal and civil courts during the years, indicates that the family as a whole had strong roots in the nobility for many centuries in the times before the move to Messina.