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Early Origins of the Delprete family

The surname Delprete was first found in Treviso. anciently Tarvisium, a town in Venetia, capital of the province of Treviso. The cathedral of San Pietro is notable and dates back to 1141. It is classical style with seven domes with works by many notable painters and sculptors. The Piazza dei Signori has many palaces. In the 6th century this town was a seat of a Lombard duke. Charlemagne held it. Later it was Venetian. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Delprete family

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Delprete Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Preti, Prete, Previ, Preve, Previte, Proviteri, Prevedello, Prevedel, Previtali, Prevati, Previati, Pretti, Pretty and many more.

Early Notables of the Delprete family

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United States Delprete migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Delprete Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Agostino Del Prete, aged 28, who landed in America from Orta di Atello, Italy, in 1907
  • Angelo Raffaele Del Prete, aged 41, who immigrated to the United States from Grenno Nevani, Napoli, in 1911
  • Carlo Del Prete, aged 25, who landed in America from S. Arpino, Italy, in 1911
  • Angela Rosa Del Prete, aged 48, who settled in America from Molfetto, Italy, in 1912
  • Andrea Del Prete, aged 29, who immigrated to the United States from Esperia, Italy, in 1913
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Contemporary Notables of the name Delprete (post 1700) +

  • Deborah Del Prete, American producer
  • John DelPrete, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1980 1
  • Antonio Del Prete (1934-2022), Italian lawyer and politician, member of the Italian Social Movement and the National Alliance
  • Lorenzo Del Prete (b. 1986), Italian football defender
  • Duilio Del Prete (1938-1998), Italian actor, dubber and singer-songwriter
  • Sandro Del Prete (b. 1937), Swiss artist


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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