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Help[Surname] Meaning of name "Fratarcangeli"
My grandparents came to America from Ceprano,Italy very early in the 1900s. I am told that the English translation of Fratarcangeli is "Brother Of The Angels". Sadly,my father and his siblings changed their last name to Franks sometime after World War II. The settled in the Detroit, Michigan area. We are still here.
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Fatarcangeli is from Fratarcangelo 'Brother Archangel', the name of a monk. This became a family name since members of the lower clergy of the Greek Catholic church in southern Italy were allowed to marry.
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