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[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 4 points 17 hours ago

Why does only "Leonardo" get the first name

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

That's the full name he had at birth.
He was an illegitimate child, his father, Ser Piero, acknowledged him later so he became Leonardo di ser Piero

"da Vinci" meaning "from Vinci" came later.

So Leonardo is accurate, calling him da Vinci is not

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