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PERINU | PIRINU

Perinu has a stock in Oschiri in Gallura and one in Cagliari, very rare, Pirinu, not very common, is typical of all of Sardinia, has a stock in Mamoiada in the Nuoro area, in Domusnovas in the Iglesias in Sassari and presences in the Oristano area, in Gallura and Cagliari, they should be Sardinian hypocoristic forms of the name Petrus. additions provided by Giuseppe Concas PERINU; PIRINA; PIRINU: they seem to have the same semantic value and the same root, but we do not have the certainty. The root could be the Latin pirus or pirum = pear or pear: so small pear! A surname with this meaning seems strange to us. It is much more likely that they derive from the name Piero, Pierino, Pietro, Pietrino. Here to designate a child for making a little brat, we call him Pirinu, Pirineddu, and derives from the "Pierino" of the cheerful stories. The surname, in its variants, is present in the ancient documents of the language and history of Sardinia. Among the signatories of the Peace of Eleonora, LPDE, of 1388, we find: Perina (de) Marianus - de Aristanni, *** Aristanni: list of the names of the signatories of the PETITION. Omnes cives mercatores et habitatores dicte civitatis… nisi pastores bestiaminum et quorum dificulter demorari not ableant… congregati. Brings the date: die XIIII mensis Januarii M °. CCC °. LXXXVIII ° et etc. ; Perinu (de) Andrea, jurato villas Lunamadrona, * Lunamadrona… today's Lunamatrona. Contrate Marmille. In the Di. Sto. Sa. Of F.Cesare Casula is mentioned Perina (or Pernia) Giorgio, bishop of the diocese of Galtellì, from 1467 to 1487. Friar of the Benedictine order of the Camaldolese, was among the last priors of the monastery of Santa Maria di Bonarcado. Currently the surname Perinu is present in 21 Italian Municipalities, of which 13 in Sardinia: Oschiri 28, Cagliari 13, Quartu 8, etc. Pirina is present in 62 Italian Municipalities, of which 25 in Sardinia: Arzachena 121, Olbia 114, Telti 87, Tempio 79, etc. Pirinu is present in 25 Italian Municipalities, of which 18 in Sardinia: Mamoiada 24, Domusnovas 15, Sassari 9, etc.

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