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Piovan is typical of the Veneto region, of the Paduan area in particular, Piovanelli has a lineage in the Brescia area and one in the Florentine area, Piovani seems to be Lombard, Brescian in particular, while Piovano is widespread in central-western Piedmont, should indicate a provenance from a local church or parish , but, more likely, from the family of a priest responsible for the Pieve, as indicated in ancient times as Piovano, as can be seen from this Venetian testament of 1547: "... ducats won for my soul are dispensed from among the poor disgraceful of this contra de Sancto moyse tamen with the intervention of the rain or true other than that of the pre dicta chiesia: for my soul ... "but it is also possible a derivation from the ethnic toponym Piove di Sacco (PD). or Piovà Massaia or Piovani (CN).
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