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Februus is the Italian God of purification who lives in the underworld. Fortuna is the Goddess of fate and fortune and also bringer of fertility. Janus is the God of gateways, beginnings, and transitions, said to have 2 faces. One faces the past, and the other faces the future. Jove is the Sky God. He is the equivalent of Jupiter of Roman ...
Allegra (given name) Amalia (given name) Amelia (given name) Angelica (given name) Angelina (given name) Anita (given name) Annalisa (given name) Annamaria; Annetta (given name) Annina; Annunziata; Antonella; Antonia (name) Antonietta (given name) Antonina (name) Assunta (given name) Aurora (given name) Azzurra (given name)
In Italian folklore and folk customs, the Befana (Italian:) is a witch-like old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5) in a similar way to Santa Claus or the Three Magi. [1] The Befana is a widespread tradition among Italians and thus has many names.
The given name of Gia Carangi—considered by many to be the very first supermodel—has Italian origins as the short form of the name Gianna and a shared meaning of “God is gracious.” 46. Augusta
The Italian folk revival was accelerating by 1966, when the Istituto Ernesto de Martino was founded by Gianni Bosio in Milan to document Italian oral culture and traditional music. Today, Italy's folk music is often divided into several spheres of geographic influence, a classification system proposed by Alan Lomax in 1956 and often repeated since.
Julie Albright, title character of the book series in the American Girl collection; Julie the Flamingo, a female Greater Flamingo from Jim Henson's Animal Show; Julie Hinikawa, the main antagonist of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi; Julie Maurice, the French name for Penny Morris, a main character in the animated series Fireman Sam
The main written evidence of the events for which Julia became venerated as a saint is the account of Victor Vitensis, a bishop of Africa.He wrote one or more works that were or came to be called Historia persecutionis Africanae Provinciae, temporibus Geiserici et Hunirici regum Vandalorum, "History of the Persecution of the Province of Africa in the Time of Geiseric and Huniric, Kings of the ...
Italian names, with their fixed nome and cognome structure, differ from the ancient Roman naming conventions, which used a tripartite system of given name, gentile name, and hereditary or personal name (or names). The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while ...