Hello everyone:
I found birth and marriage certificates of some Rachellis , not from Trieste but from Mantova in Lombardy. I am not sure if we are related but I do have a question regarding something it says on these certificates.
It says " Giovanni di Dio Rachelli" or at least that's what it looks to me like.
What does" di Dio Rachelli" mean?
Thank you so much!
Mariana
Need help understanding what name means
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Re: Need help understanding what name means
This is what I found.
Rachelle is a french name, meaning 'Lamb'
di Dio means of God
Lamb of God
Rachelle is a french name, meaning 'Lamb'
di Dio means of God
Lamb of God
Re: Need help understanding what name means
could you either upload one of the records to the forum or, if the records are online, could you provide us with a link to at least one of the records, so that we can view the record? The concept "di Dio Racchelli" makes me think that the record was for an infant abandoned at an institution in the town which took in abandoned children, and that the name of the institution became associated with him in the records. The problem is that I can't find that such a facility with those words in its title ever existed in Mantova or in Lombardy.
Erudita
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Re: Need help understanding what name means
I think "Giovanni di Dio" is a first name (I found it several times) which refers to a Portuguese saint:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_God
to distinguish from other Giovanni saints ("Evangelista" or "Battista")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_God
to distinguish from other Giovanni saints ("Evangelista" or "Battista")
Giuseppe "Pippo" Moccaldi
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Re: Need help understanding what name means
Thank you everyone, this is so interesting.
Here is one of the documents I mentioned.
Mariana
Here is one of the documents I mentioned.
Mariana
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