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Toma is typical of Puglia, of Salento in particular, has strains also in Gargano and between Carrarese and Piacentino, Tomacci, virtually unique, it would seem of the potentino, should derive, directly or through a form hypocoristic, the medieval name Toma (a Variant of Thomas) Italianization of the Byzantine name Thomàs, of this use we have an example to Solofra (AV) in 1500: "... Toma Papa, and Compluribus aliis in copious numbers majorem et saniorem predicti homini predicta Terra sodalists and gathered in Dicto loco ad Sonum bells... ".
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