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“pious”
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\pi.ɔ\ · French
01 / Meaning & origin
Pío is a masculine given name documented in French and Spanish. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Pius. It is a form of Pius, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “pious”.
Meaning: “pious”
Borrowed from Latin Pius.
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Pio— “pious”
Pius, applied at first to faithful filial love, as in the case of Æneas, assumed a higher sense with Christianity, and from being an occasional agnomen, became the name of a martyr Pope, under Antoninus Pius, and thus passed on to be one of the papal appellations most often in use, called Pio at Rome, and generally left to the pontiffs, though the feminine Pia is occasionally used in Italy. The Puritans indulged in Piety, and it still sometimes occurs in England, as well as…
Pius, applied at first to faithful filial love, as in the case of Æneas, assumed a higher sense with Christianity, and from being an occasional agnomen, became the name of a martyr Pope, under Antoninus Pius, and thus passed on to be one of the papal appellations most often in use, called Pio at Rome, and generally left to the pontiffs, though the feminine Pia is occasionally used in Italy. The Puritans indulged in Piety, and it still sometimes occurs in England, as well as Patience and Prudence, though the givers are little aware that there were saints long ago thus called, St. Patiens, of Lyons, and St. Prudentius, the great Christian poet of primitive times.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VI (Modern Names From The Latin), Section XI (Names of Holiness) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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Spanish writer (1872-1956)
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