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Bacco

English translation/equivalent: Bacchus

Origin: Derived from the Latin bacchius (taken from the Greek bàkchos) meaning "to scream, to roar."

Name Day/Onomastico: October 7—in honor of St. Bacchus, Roman noble who was martyred, along with St. Sergio, in the 3rd century.

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