Help with Baptismal for Genovese, boy or girl?

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Help with Baptismal for Genovese, boy or girl?

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Would someone please translate this baptismal. I am unsure if this is a boy or a girl Looks like Diego but the other names seem feminine. Thanks so much.
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Which act are you referring to?
Emilio Lussu: “Che ne sarebbe della civiltà del mondo, se l’ingiusta violenza si potesse sempre imporre senza resistenza?”
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Sorry, the second record on the left side of the page.
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11 November 1722.
I, the priest de Gervasi, coadjutor, baptised Diego Martino Vito (Didacum Martinum Vitum), son of Gaspare Gervisi and Caterina Russo, married couple, born yesterday at the hour of 24. The godparents were Giuseppe Raineri and Rosa, wife of Ignazio Cimino.

#911. Marriage of Gaspare Gervisi to Caterina Russo. Didacus was the name of Caterina Russo’s father.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... g=it&i=151
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Thanks so much for the translation and the record. Is Caterina's father also named Diego?
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Yes. Latin Didacus = Italian Diego.
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Thanks so much.
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