Trouble with ancestor's name

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Chocopies
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Trouble with ancestor's name

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Hello, I am looking for help figuring out what my ancestor's name was in this Sicilian document. I noticed that he was named after his godfather, so there are two places to compare the writing. Does anyone have a guess? Thank you!

Here's what I think I see so far:

January 2, 1590, I Theodoro Finochio baptize the son of Giovanni Giorgio Jufre with the name __???__. The godfather is __(same name) Marconi__ and the godmother...
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Re: Trouble with ancestor's name

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I am reading Cursio. Possibly the Latin version of Curzio, a male Italian given name.

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Re: Trouble with ancestor's name

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That looks right, thank you!
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