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Also known as Napoleone (first name), Napoleone (given name)

thumb|Saint Napoleone Napoleone is an Italian male given name. St. Napoleone of Alexandria, alternatively rendered as Neopulus, Neopolus, Neopolis or Neópolo, whose feast day is August 15, was martyred during the early fourth century during the Diocletianic Persecution.

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male given name
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native label
Napoleone
language of work or name
Italian
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
N145
Cologne phonetics
6156
Caverphone
NPLN11
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Napoleone (given name)

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thumb|Saint Napoleone Napoleone is an Italian male given name. St. Napoleone of Alexandria, alternatively rendered as Neopulus, Neopolus, Neopolis or Neópolo, whose feast day 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).

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