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Benedetto (other)
Benedetto is a common Italian name, the equivalent of the English language, English name Benedict (given name), Benedict. Notable people named Benedetto include: People with the given name * Benedetto Accolti (other), several people * Benedetto Aloi (1935–2011), American mobster * Benedetto Antelami (c. 1150–c. 1230), Italian architect and sculptor * Benedetto Bonfigli (c. 1420–c. 1490), Italian painter * Benedetto Bordone (1460–1531), Italian manuscript editor, miniaturist and cartographer * Benedetto Brin (1833–1898), Italian naval administrator and politician * Benedetto Cairoli (1825–1889), Italian statesman * Benedetto Castelli (1578–1643), Italian mathematician * Benedetto Cotrugli (1416–1469), Ragusan merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist * Benedetto Croce (1866–1952), Italian philosopher and politician * Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497), Italian sculptor * Benedetto Della Vedova (born 1962), Italian politician * Benedetto Dei (14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Name
A name in the Italian language consists of a given name ( it, nome), and a surname (); in most contexts, the given name is written before the surname. (In official documents, the Western surname may be written before the given name or names.) Italian names, with their fixed ''nome'' and ''cognome'' structure, have little to do with the ancient Roman naming conventions, which used a tripartite system of given name, gentile name, and hereditary or personal name (or names). The Italian ''nome'' is not analogous to the ancient Roman ''nomen''; the Italian ''nome'' is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman ''nomen'' is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption, for both sexes likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern Italian use. Moreover, the low number, and the steady decline of importance and variety, of Roman ''praenomina'' starkly contrast with the current number of It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |