Name Clearification

[jmtcal]

All,

https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12 ... 56/03BY2y4

In number 56

Is the name Luigi Francesco Alfonso Farina or Alfonso Francesco Luigi Farina?

What is the significance of the multiple names?

Thanks.

[PippoM]

The name is Luigi Francesco Alfonso Farina.
There's no literal significance. The first one was probably the one he used during his wife, but we can't say.
Maybe his family had some relatives who went by those names, or it was for devotion to tha saints. As you may know, Sant'Alfonso is the Patron Saint of Pagani.
For instance, my elder son's name is Vittorio Luigi, in memory of my father and uncle, respectively.
But we all call him just Vittorio.

[mmogno]

Salvatore Farina, the father of Luigi Francesco Alfonso Farina, was Luigi's son. Therefore, Luigi was Luigi Francesco Alfonso Farina's paternal grandfather.
https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12 ... 36/58KoA1W