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Bishops is present in Macchia di Leopard throughout central northern Italy, Bishop has a Veneto strain, one in Alexandrian and others perhaps not secondary in the Anconetano, Viscovi almost unique, it would seem Veneto or Friulano, Viscopo, practically unique, is Probably due to errors of transcription, viscous instead is decidedly of Naples and Neapolitan, they should all derive, directly or through dialectal modifications, by nicknames linked to relationships of various kinds, such as dependence or closeness with A bishop or even physical or behavioral characteristics.

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


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