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 does n ...

is August 15, was martyred during the early fourth century during the Diocletianic Persecution. 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 Napoleone Orsini (1263 – 24 March 1342) was a Roman cardinal. His ecclesiastical career lasted 57 years, 54 of them as a cardinal, and included six conclaves. Born in Rome to Rinaldo Orsini, Lord of Monterotondo and of Marino, son of Matteo Ros ...

(1263–1342), a Roman Cardinal. Rosa (1858) identified the name from 1240 as a nickname of a member of the

Della Torre The House of Della Torre (Torriani or Thurn) was an Italian noble family who dominated Lombardy and much of northern Italy between the 12th and 14th centuries. They owned the Lordship of Milan, before being expelled by the Visconti. They were membe ...

family of Valsassina. The French equivalent is ''Napoléon'', anglicised

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

. The most famous holder of the Italian and French versions, with whom the name became virtually synonymous, was

Napoléon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

(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 Napoleone Colajanni (27 April 1847 – 2 September 1921) was an Italian writer, journalist, criminologist, socialist, and politician. In the 1880s, he abandoned republicanism for socialism, and became Italy's leading theoretical writer on the iss ...

(1847–1921), Italian writer, journalist, criminologist, socialist and politician *

Napoleone Comitoli Napoleone Comitoli (1548 – 30 August 1624) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Perugia (1591–1624).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 Napoleone Ferrara (born 26 July 1956 in Catania) is an Italian-American molecular biologist who joined University of California, San Diego UC San Diego Health#Moores Cancer Center, Moores Cancer Center in 2013 after a career in Northern Calif ...

(born 1956), Italian-American molecular biologist *

Napoleone Moriani Napoleone Moriani (10 March 1808 – 4 March 1878) was an Italian operatic tenor, appearing in opera houses throughout Europe. Life Moriani was born in Florence in 1808. He came from a wealthy family, and he studied law at the University of Pisa, ...

(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) Napoleone Orsini may refer to several members of the Orsini family: * Napoleone Orsini I, brother of Matteo Rosso the Great * Napoleone Orsini (died 1267), founder of the Bracciano branch *Napoleone Orsini (cardinal) *Napoleone Orsini (condottiero) ...

, multiple people *

(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 unification, and P ...

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

Napoleone Pini Napoleone Pini (1835, Milan22 March 1907, Milan) was an Italian people, Italian Zoology, zoologist and Palaeontology, palaeontologist. Biography Napoleone Pini was born into an aristocratic family. He was an accountant. In 1872 he became a membe ...

(1835–1907), Italian zoologist and paleontologist *

Napoleone Sommaruga Napoleone Sommaruga (1848–1906) was an Italian painter, active in Lombardy, painting mainly sacred subjects. He was born in Milan, he exhibits in 1872, in Milan, a painting depicting: ''Choir of Gothic Chapel''; ''Chapel of the Passion in the ...

(1848–1906), Italian painter *

Napoleone Verga Napoleone Verga (Perugia, February 1833 − Nice, 1916) was an Italian painter, mainly of illuminated manuscripts, but also of paintings. Biography He initially studied design at the Academy of Perugia: then he moved to Rome, where he studied pa ...

(1833–1916), Italian painter

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