The Muti family counts Mutius Scaevola among its ancestors.

This nobility, whether authentic or not, is at all events very ancient, and is of independent origin.

It has not been hatched under the robes of the Popes.
The second category is of Pontifical origin.

Its titles and fortunes have their origin in nepotism.

In the course of the seventeenth century, Paul V., Urban VIII.; Innocent X., Alexander VII., Clement IX., and Innocent XI.