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VITRANI

Vitrani has a strain in Puglia in the Bari in Barletta in particular, but it is well present also in Canosa di Puglia and Bari, there is also a triestine strain, it should derive from Vetrana, the ancient name of today's Avetrana in Tarantino, but it is also possible to derive, more Probable for the Triestine strain, from the medieval Latin name of Gotogermanica Vitranius, name brought for example by the prelate who was Bishop of Trier in Germany from 365 to 384, and later by an important medieval historian. Information provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Vitrani is Bari surname derived from the Vetere basic form, from the Latin vetus/Veteris = old. Minervini 508.

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


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