Napoleone is an Italian male given name. St. Napoleone of Alexandria, alternatively rendered as ''Neopulus'', ''Neopolus'', ''Neopolis'' or ''Neópolo'', whose

feast day The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...

is August 15, was martyred during the early fourth century during the

Diocletianic Persecution The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. In 303, the emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius issued a series of edicts rescinding Christians' legal rights ...

. Gabriele Rosa (1858) followed G. F. Zanetti (1751) in accepting the meaning as "nose of lion", though this etymology is viewed sceptically in later sources such as Pio Rajna (1891). The form Napoleone is found as early as Napoleone Orsini Frangipani (1263–1342), a Roman Cardinal. Rosa (1858) identified the name from 1240 as a nickname of a member of the Della Torre family of Valsassina. The most famous holder of the name, with whom the name became virtually synonymous, was

Napoléon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

(1769–1821), christened Napoleone di Buonaparte (Nabulione di Buonaparte according to old Corsican spelling). Damiano Morali (1847) identified the given name Napoleone having first entered the Italian Buonaparte family in 1648.Morali, Damiano. ''Storia genealogica della famiglia Bonaparte, dalla sua origine fino all'estinzione del ramo gia esistente nella città di S. Miniato'', 1847
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"come è stato asserito da uno scrittore oltramontano dei Fasti Napoleonici; ed anche riportato in alcune recenti memorie, nelle quali dicesi che ai secondogeniti imponevasi sempre il nome Napoleone in onoranza della rammentata famiglia."

Notable people

* Luca Napoleone (born 1993), Belgian footballer * Napoleone Angiolini (1797–1871), Italian painter *

Napoleone Boni Napoleone Boni (1863 in Massa Carrara – 1927 in Castelfiorentino, near Florence) was an Italian painter. He first studied in the studio of Amos Cassioli in Florence, then worked in the Parisian studio of Carolus-Duran. He often painted subj ...

(1863–1927), Italian painter * Napoleone Colajanni (1847–1921), Italian writer, journalist, criminologist, socialist and politician * Napoleone Comitoli (1548–1624), Roman Catholic prelate *

Napoleone della Torre Napoleone della Torre (died 16 August 1278), also known as Napo della Torre or Napo Torriani, was an Italian nobleman, who was effective Lord of Milan in the late 13th century. He was a member of the della Torre family, the father of Corrado dell ...

(died 1278), Italian nobleman * Napoleone Ferrara (born 1956), Italian-American molecular biologist * Napoleone Moriani (1808–1878), Italian operatic tenor *

Napoleone Nani Napoleone Nani (1841–1899) was an Italian painter, active in Venice, where he became professor of the Accademia di Belle Arti. Biography He was born in Venice. In 1877 at Naples, he displayed his self-portrait and a canvas titled ''La posa''. ...

(1841–1899), Italian painter * Napoleone Orsini (disambiguation), multiple people * Napoleone Orsini Frangipani (1263–1342), Roman cardinal *

Napoleone Parisani Napoleone Parisani (11 April 1854, Camerino – 20 September 1932, Rome) was an Italian landscape and occasional portrait painter. Biography He was born to Count Giuseppe Parisani (1823-1887), the first mayor of Camerino after Italian unificatio ...

(1854–1932), Italian landscape and portrait painter *

Napoleone Pini Napoleone Pini (1835, Milan - 22 March 1907, Milan) was an Italian zoologist and palaeontologist. Pini was born into an aristocratic family. He was an accountant. In 1872 he became a member of the Società Entomologica Italiana. In 1873 he was appo ...

(1835–1907), Italian zoologist and paleontologist * Napoleone Sommaruga (1848–1906), Italian painter * Napoleone Verga (1833–1916), Italian painter

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