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[Facts] Eusevia?
I'm looking for information about the name Eusevia. I've never heard it before, except for a relative. Not much is known geneologically, but she said she had Native American in her, specifically Apache. However, she also spoke Spanish.She asked everyone to call her Sylvia, so I was wondering if this could be an elaboration of Sylvia or perhaps the Spanish version of Sylvia?Also, I've heard the name Eusebius, as a male name. I belive it is Greek or Roman, something ancient anyway... I don't know if they are connected or not.Thanks for any help you can give!

"Promise me, when you see,
A white rose you'll think of me.
I love you so,
Never let go.
I will be...your ghost of a rose."

-From Blackmore's Night's "Ghost of a Rose"

This message was edited 10/4/2007, 2:10 PM

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Eusevia is a misspelling of Eusebia (in Spanish, V and B are both pronounced [b], so misspellings between V and B are very usual), the feminine form of Eusebio, a name from Greek origin, from the adjective eusebes, "devout, pious, fearful of the divinity".It is not related at all with Silvia (the Spanish form of Sylvia).
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Eusebios is the Greek form. Anyway, Eusebia was a spirit as explained here:
http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Eusebia.html

This message was edited 10/5/2007, 3:01 PM

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