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Help with the meaning of Fratarcangeli?

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It probably goes without saying that this surname is Italian. :-P It is my mother's maiden name; her father and his family were from Ceprano in central Italy.

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Bits and pieces of the name are reminiscent of something familiar: 'frat' like fraternal or any number of words related to it, also 'arcangeli' or 'angeli.' But I'd love to hear a more informed opinion than take stabs at it myself based on sounds alone.

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Thanks!

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"Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliance of genius or the cunning use of corruption.
You must cut a path through this mess of men like a cannon-ball, or creep among them like a pestilence."

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Balzac