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Leo Luke of Corleone (815–915), monk and saint. Joseph the Hymnographer (816–886), monk and saint. Elias of Enna (822 or 823–903), monk and saint. Symeon of Trier (980/990–1035), monk and saint. Filarete of Calabria (c. 1020–1070), monk and saint. John Theristus (1049–1129), monk and saint. Rosalia of Palermo (1130–1166), hermit ...
Amelia (given name) Angelica (given name) Angelina (given name) Anita (given name) Annalisa (given name) Annamaria. Annetta (given name) Annina. Annunziata.
Temple of Segesta. The history of Sicily has been influenced by numerous ethnic groups. It has seen Sicily controlled by powers, including Phoenician and Carthaginian, Greek, Roman, Vandal and Ostrogoth, Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Aragonese, Spanish, Austrians, British, but also experiencing important periods of independence, as under the indigenous Sicanians, Elymians, Sicels, the Greek ...
Sicily is also mentioned in the New Testament in the Acts of the Apostles, 28:11–13, in which Saint Paul briefly visits Sicily for three days before leaving the Island. It is believed he was the first Christian to ever set foot in Sicily. Sicilian Muslims. Omar Mosque, Catania. During the period of Muslim rule, many Sicilians converted to Islam.
Vittorio De Sica (1901–1974), film director and actor. His Shoeshine, The Bicycle Thief, and Umberto D. are classics of postwar Italian neorealism. Peppino De Filippo (1903–1980), was a comic actor of the screen and stage. Amedeo Nazzari (1907–1979), real name Salvatore Amedeo Buffa, was a famous actor from Sardinia.
For females: Anna, Maria, Sara, Laura, Aurora, Valentina, Giulia, Rosa, Gianna, Giuseppina, Angela, Giovanna, Sofia, Stella. Since the ancient Romans had a very limited stock of given names (praenomina), very few modern Italian given names (nomi) are derived directly from the classical ones. A rare example would be Marco (from Marcus).
A. Abagnale; Abate (surname) Abati; Abba (surname) Abbadia (surname) Abbagnale; Abbandando; Abbate; Abbati; Abbatini; Abbiati; Abbondanza; Abbondanzieri; Abbrescia ...
Carly Aquilino, (born November 18, 1990) stand-up comedian of Sicilian descent, podcast performer, cast member of MTV's Girl Code. Henry Armetta, (Palermo, Sicily, July 4, 1888 – San Diego, October 21, 1945) movie character actor who appeared in at least 150 films, starting in silents as early as 1915 to a movie released in 1946, after his death.