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VELENO | VELENOSI

Venom is very rare and seems to originate in the area of Campobasso, while poisonous even rarer is probably originating in the Piceno, they could both derive from a nickname. Integrations and coat of arms provided by Quintus Massimo Venosi The coat of arms of the poisonous family can be seen in the church of San Lorenzo a Paggese (municipality of Acquasanta Terme (AP)), the surname should be originating specifically in that restricted territory.

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


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