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01 / Meaning & origin
Peregrinus is a masculine given name documented in Latin. It is a form of Pellegrino, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “pilgrim”.
Meaning: “pilgrim”
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PEREGRINUS— “traveller”
The two Latin words, _per_ (through) and _ager_ (a field), were the source of _peregrinus_ (a traveller or wanderer), also the inhabitant of the country as opposed to the Roman colonist. The same word in time came to mean both a stranger, and above all, one on a journey to a holy place, when such pilgrimages had become special acts of devotion, and were growing into living allegories of the Christian life. This became a Christian name in Italy, because a hermit, said to have…
The two Latin words, _per_ (through) and _ager_ (a field), were the source of _peregrinus_ (a traveller or wanderer), also the inhabitant of the country as opposed to the Roman colonist. The same word in time came to mean both a stranger, and above all, one on a journey to a holy place, when such pilgrimages had become special acts of devotion, and were growing into living allegories of the Christian life. This became a Christian name in Italy, because a hermit, said to have been a prince of Irish blood, settled himself in a lonely hut on one of the Apennines, near Modena, and was known there as _il pellegrin_, as the Latin word had become softened. He died in 643, and was canonized as St. Peregrinus, or San Pellegrino; became one of the patrons of Modena and Lucca, and had all the neighbouring spur of the Apennines called after him.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VI (Modern Names From The Latin), Section XIX (Town and Country) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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