Another explanation is that the name comes from Saint Pantaleon (in Italian Pantaleone), a saint venerated in Venice.
Pantalone, a character in the Italian commedia dell'arte
To the east of the first terrace is a small theater, decorated with figures from the Italian commedia dell'arte: Pantalone, Scaramouche and Harlequin.
Born in the town of Racalmuto, Sicily, Italy to a sharecropping father, Joe Pantalone is the second oldest of 7 children.