An illustrious member of the noble family was born Raimondo De Sangro in Torremaggiore on January 30, 1710 and died in Naples on March 22, 1771. Known scientist and member of the bran academy, alchemist, inventor, member of the mason, esotericist. other, even an attentive and sophisticated botanist, his interest in nature and the plant world, led him to steal secrets and ancient traditions from the farmers of Torremaggiore that attributed therapeutic potential to certain herbs and roots of wild plants and allowed Raimondo to use extracts and essences for the treatment of diseases and to obtain textile fibers. In France, where he sometimes went to visit the princely families with which he was related (ancient dukes of Burgundy), he probably had the opportunity to get to know particular olive trees cultivated in Provence and certainly transferred them to the countryside of his fief of San Severo, Torremaggiore and San Paolo di Civitate.