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“the one with a good fate”
Language contexts for this entry: Italian, Basque
/bo.niˈfat.t͡sjo/ · Italian
01 / Meaning & origin
Bonifazio is a masculine given name documented in Italian and Basque. It is a form of Bonifacio, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “the one with a good fate”.
Meaning: “the one with a good fate”
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a male given name from Latin, variant of Bonifacio, equivalent to English Boniface
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Bonifazio— “well doer”
Bonifacius (good-worker) was the name of a martyr; then of a pope; and next was assumed by our Saxon Wilfred, when in the sixth century he set out to convert his continental brethren. Perhaps, if he had kept his native name, it would have been more followed, both at home and in Germany; but in both, Boniface has withered away out of use, though Bonchurch, in the Isle of Wight, is a contraction of the Church of St. Boniface, that having probably been the last English ground…
Bonifacius (good-worker) was the name of a martyr; then of a pope; and next was assumed by our Saxon Wilfred, when in the sixth century he set out to convert his continental brethren. Perhaps, if he had kept his native name, it would have been more followed, both at home and in Germany; but in both, Boniface has withered away out of use, though Bonchurch, in the Isle of Wight, is a contraction of the Church of St. Boniface, that having probably been the last English ground beheld by the saint when he sailed on his mission. In Italy, however, Bonifacius was a papal name. Bonifazio prevailed among the Alpine lords of Monferrat, and thus is still found in Italy. It has become one of the stock names for the host of an inn, and has named the straits between Sardinia and Corsica.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VI (Modern Names From The Latin), Section II (Names from Beo) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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