Gandulf or Gandolf (Latin ''Gandolphus'', French ''Gandolphe'', Italian ''Gandolfo'') is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
of
Germanic origin, common in the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
. The roots of the name are ''gand'' (literally "wand" or "magic wand", by extension "sorcery") and ''wolf'' ("wolf").
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*Gandulf of Piacenza
Gandulf or Gandolf ( it, Gandolfo; 907–31) was a Frankish nobleman in the medieval kingdom of Italy. He rose from relatively low rank to become the count of Piacenza and finally a ''marchio'' (marquis). He is an ancestor of the Da Palazzo fam ...
(10th century), Italian count
* Gandulf (11th century), bishop of Reggio nell'Emilia
* Gandulf (died 1184), bishop of Alba
* Gandulf of Bologna (died after 1185), theologian
* Gandulf (died 1229), abbot of Saint-Sixte and cardinal
* Gandulf of Binasco (died 1260), Franciscan saint
* Gandolphus Siculus (''floruit'' 1438–44), Sicilian papal legate to India
See also
* Gandalf (disambiguation)
* Gandolfi
*Gundulf Gundulf and its variants (Gondulf, Gundulph, Kundolf, Gondulphus, Gundulfus, Gundolfo, Gondon) is a Germanic given name, from ''gund'', "battle", and ''wulf'', "wolf".
It may refer to:
*Gondulf of Provence, 6th-century duke and possibly made Bishop ...
* Castel Gandolfo
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Masculine given names
Germanic masculine given names