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PERCIAVALLE | PERCIBALLE | PERCIBALLI | PERCIVALDI | PERCIVALLE | PERCIVALLI | PERSIVALLE

Perciavalle has a stock in Naples and one in the Cosenza area, in particular in Amantea, Perciballe is specific to the Latin, to Sezze, Latina and Terracina, Perciballi, always from Lazio, much more widespread, it has a large strain in the frusinate in Boville Ernica, Veroli, Ripi and Frosinone, and in Rome in Rome, Velletri, Albano Laziale and Marino, Percivaldi, very very rare, is in the area between Milan and Pavia, Percivalle, equally rare in the area that includes the provinces of Milan, Pavia and Alessandria, Percivalli , absolutely rare, is typical of the Brescia area, Persivalle, extremely rare, is specific to Piedmont, all derive from various altered forms of the medieval name of Germanic origin Percivaldus, the Parsifal Wagnerian, of this name we have an example in the Historia Bavarica of 1300: " ... Nemo fere erat qui non auguraretur tristia denunciari Sed Sedivaldus Sporneckerus stabuli praefectus, ad longe different et veriora praesagia omen referebat, designatam esse aream dicens, in q ua beata Virgo exigeret aedem, in stipendium victoriae, quam ipsa propitiasset .... ".

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


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