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Subject: Re: Parish / used to be Parishione
Author: Sagani   (guest, 151.30.213.3)
Date: August 5, 2004 at 2:01:03 PM
Reply to: Re: Parish / used to be Parishione by Sean Foglai
In Italian instead of "parish" there are some surnames that derive from "Pieve" an old roman catholic circonscription that have disappeared now.
So here are the surnames:

PIOVANI
PIOVANO
PIOVANELLI
PIOVAN /regional from Venice.

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