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Franzella is specific to Palermo, San Giuseppe Jato and Monreale in the Palermo area, Franzelli is instead Lombard from Brescia, especially Roccafranca and Orzinuovi and Rudiano, they should derive from the medieval name Franzellus, of which we have an example in the Hungarico Diplomatic Code at the beginning of the XII Century with a Franzellus Comes Curiae, a name that is none other than the Latinization of the medieval Germanic name Franzel, with the meaning of French.
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