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Roncagli is typical Emiliano, from the area between Bologna, Ferrara and Argenta (FE), Roncaglia seems specific to the Modenese, should derive from one of the many toponyms with this root, such as Roncaglia (PU) or (PC) and Roncaglio (RE), prominent character was the Bolognese musician and composer Francesco Maria Roncagli (1812-1896). Integrations provided by Giovanni Vezzelli II surname Roncaglia, widely circulated in Modena, derives from the toponym Roncalia, Roncaglia, widespread in large part of northern Italy, indicating «Land Roncato» i.e. «given to cultivation after deforestation», From Runcare «Deboscare». In the Modenese was famous the Court of Roncaglia (sec. XI), subject to the Abbey of Nonantola, in the area of S. Prospero on the Secchia. Source: F. Violi, surname in Modena and Modenese, 1996.
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