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Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval Italian
Meaning & History
Diminutive of Pagano. A known bearer of this name was the Italian politician Paganello "Nello" de' Pannocchieschi (ca. 1248-after 1322), a leader of the Guelphs who allegedly ordered a servant to murder his first wife, Pia de' Tolomei. (Dante alluded to the story in his 13th-century poem the Divine Comedy, in which the narrator briefly meets Pia.)