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Biagio

English translation/equivalent: Blaise, Blaze

Origin: Possibly derived from balbuziente "stutterer," taken from the Greek blaisos, "crooked, twisted, bent" which in the Roman Age became a surname, then a nickname, and finally a common name.

Name Day/Onomastico: February 3—in honor of the bishop St. Biagio, martyred in Armenia in 306.

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