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Very rare it seems to have two nuclei, one in Belluno and one in Campania; should be derived from the fusion of two medieval names Branca and Leone famous person with this compound name was in 1300 the mercenary captain Brancaleone Doria; in 1200 we find already the surname of this name with Cardinal Leone Brancaleone, a native of the province of Latina, in 1500, in Benevento, we find the doctor and philosopher Giovanfrancesco Brancaleone.
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