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BRANCATI | BRANCATO | BRANCAZI | BRANCAZIO

Brancati, very rare, is present in the province of Syracuse, Reggio Calabria, Catanzaro, in Basilicata and in Campania, Brancazi seems to be specific to Roviano in the province of Rome, Brancazio, absolutely rare, is from the Caserta area, Brancato is specific to Sicily with a stock in the Potentino and in the Neapolitan that could derive from the toponym San Brancato (PZ), the others should all derive from the late Latin name Brancatius, which comes from the Byzantine name Pancratius (Pancrazio), of this name we have an example in 1500: "... The first doctae gloria Purpurae Franciscus Maria Card. Brancatius Brancatiorum gloria fascium, Orbique Praesul sat regenerating Saepe oculis leget eraditis ... ". Traces of this surname can be found in Malta as early as the 1500s: "... quod tota hereditas predicta devolvatur hori Petro Brancato ipsius testatricis patruo et ...".

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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