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ANSANELLI | ANSANI | ANSANO

Ansanelli, extremely rare, would seem to be from Campania, in particular from Salerno, with little presence even in the Cuneo area, Ansani, very rare, has a small Tuscan stock between Lucca and Pistoia and one from Calabria in Catanzaro, Ansano, very rare, from the Sienese, they should derive, directly or through hypocosristics, from the late Latin name Ansanus, we recall Sanctus Ansanus, called the Baptist, patron of Siena, martyr under the emperor Diocletian.

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


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