Papacci is typical of the Roman, of Velletri and of Rome itself, Papaccio is specific of the Neapolitan, of Casoria, Naples, Brusciano and Afragola and of the whole province, Papace, very rare, is of Neapolitan origin, they should all derive from the Latin medieval name Papacius, of which we have an example in a Carta Investiture in Pavia in 1197, in a deed we read :: "Year dominice incarnacionis thousandth cent nonagesimo septimo, index fifth tenth, die mercurii tercio mensis de | cembris. In Papia. Domina Scolastica , abbatissa monasterii Sancti Felicis, consensu et affirmation women Massimille et women Sibilie et women Pacientie et Faustine women, monacharum eiusdem monasterii, apart from ipsius monasteries investiv Papacium Beccarium nominative de petiola a de vitibus quam suprascriptum monasterium habere videtur iuxta fossatum civitatis .. ", an alternative is a derivation from the Greek surname Papakis, however difficult to extend to the Lazio stocks, according to alt instead they would derive from alterations of the Greek word papas (priest), a hypothesis that cannot be dismissed in absolute terms, but which is not very probable.
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