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Giovanni Giuseppe Mistretta was baptized on January 20-something. I can't make out what the second digit is. 4? 0? 7? 9? There are a number of different possibilities. He was born at night, but I can't make out the next word. Maybe it's an abbreviation for praevius or praeiens (previous, preceding), but that still wouldn't tell you whether the birth was the same day or the previous day, because I can't see a time.
It looks like 22 to me.
However, the following one is of day 22, so, we can restrict the field of choices!
Giuseppe "Pippo" Moccaldi
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