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Spiteri is a common Maltese surname deriving from the Italian word Ospitalieri, meaning Hospitallers. It was sometimes given to illegitimate children left at the ruota during the rule of the Order of St. John.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

References

  1. ^ Cassar Pullicino, Joseph (October–December 1949). "The Order of St. John in Maltese folk-memory" (PDF). Scientia. 15 (4): 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016.
  2. ^ Pullicino, Mark (2013). The Obama Tribe Explorer, James Martin's Biography. MPI Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-99957-0-584-8. OCLC 870266285.