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Tancredi

English translation/equivalent: Tancredi

Origin: Derived from ancient German Tankred and means "congenial confidant." Tancredi was one of the heros in Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata."

Name Day/Onomastico: April 9—in memory of St. Tancredi, Saxon monk who died in France in the 9th century.

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