Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Allegra (given name) Amalia (given name) Amelia (given name) Angelica (given name) Angelina (given name) Anita (given name) Annalisa (given name) Annamaria; Annetta (given name) Annina; Annunziata; Antonella; Antonia (name) Antonietta (given name) Antonina (name) Assunta (given name) Aurora (given name) Azzurra (given name)
The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman nomen is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption for both sexes, likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern ...
Frank Capra, Sicilian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. Maria Grazia Cucinotta , actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, and internationally known for her role in the Italian film Il Postino .
Danza is a full blooded Sicilian American. Eve Mauro, (born December 21, 1981) actress and model born in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father, Antonio Alfio Di Mauro was born in Catania, Sicily on September 7, 1934. Robert Davi, (born June 26, 1951) actor, singer, writer, and director. Davi was born in Astoria, Queens, New York, the son of Maria (née ...
In historical Sicilian folklore, the doñas de fuera would make contact with humans, mostly women deemed to have “sweet blood”, whom they took to Benevento ("the Blockula of Sicily" [1]), by mounting them on magical, flying goats. The fairies were called doñas de fuera, which was also a name for the women who associated with them. They ...
Sicilian Catholics. For Catholics in Sicily, the Virgin Hodegetria is the patroness of Sicily. The Sicilian people are also known for their deep devotion to some Sicilian female saints: the martyrs Agatha and Lucy, who are the patron saints of Catania and Syracuse respectively, and the hermit Saint Rosalia, patroness of Palermo. Sicilian people ...
A. Abagnale (surname) Abate (surname) Abati; Abba (surname) Abbadia (surname) Abbagnale; Abbandando; Abbate; Abbati; Abbatini; Abbiati; Abbondanza; Abbondanzieri ...
Salvatore Giuliano (1922–1950), Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giunta (born 1985), US Army staff sergeant and a recipient of the Medal of Honor Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano (born 1945), American mobster, former underboss of the Gambino crime family