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MEDORA | MEDORI | MEDORINI | MEDORO

Medora, almost unique, would seem to be southern, Medori is specific to the central area that includes the Piceno area, Umbria, Viterbo and the Roman and Teramo, Medorini, almost unique, would appear to be in the Umbrian, Marche area, Medoro has a small Venetian lineage, and a more consistent stock in Abruzzo, in the Pescara and especially in the Theatine, these surnames derive, directly or through hypochoristic, from the name Medoro, name diffused in the rebirth, because made famous by Ariosto with his furious Orlando, where Medoro is a Saracen infantryman who falls in love with Angelica, Orlando's favorite character.

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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