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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Vitalis m. Latin vitalis 'vital, living'.

The name of various Italian and French saints.

France
Latin
● 1047x1061 Vitalis (nom) CartNDSaintes XX; a1108 Vitalis (nom) CartStPC XXI; 1147 Vitalis (nom) clairvaux-12thc 15; 1180 Vitali (gen) RotScaNor p. 3; 1273 Vitalis (gen) RegToul-13thC p. 27; 1287 Vitalis (nom) GasReg-A p. 74; 1304 Vitalis (nom) ibid.; 1310/11 Vitalis (nom) ibid. p. 100; 1310 Vitalis (nom) ibid. p. 217; 1310–11 Bitalis (nom) ibid. p. 236, Vitalis (nom) ibid. p. 236
Middle French
● 1418 Vital HGParis p. 381
Italy
Latin
● 1285 Vitalutii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154; 1527 Vitalis (gen) Rome1527 p. 85
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