Calogero
Italian given, family and place name
Italian: [kaˈlɔːdʒero]
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Calogero (from the Greek: καλόγερος, romanized: kalógeros, a familiar term for a monk) is common given name and family name, and a place name of Greek origin.[1][2][3][4][5]
Variants
- (Masculine): Calocero
- (Hypocoristic): Calò, Gero, Gerino
- Feminine: Calogera, Calocera
Variants in other languages
- Catalan: Calógero,[6] Calogerio,[6] Calocer[6]
- Ancient Greek: Καλόγερος (Kalogeros)[5]
- Latin: Calogerus,[2][4][5] Calocerus[4]
- Polish: Kaloger
- Russian: Калогер (Kaloger)
- Sicilian: Calòjiru, Calòriju
- Spanish: Calógero,[6] Calógerio,[6] Calocero[6]
Origin and diffusion
Derived from the Greek: καλόγερος, translit. kalogeros, composed of Greek: καλός, translit. kalos (Ancient Greek "fair"; Modern Greek "good") and Greek: γέρων, translit. geron ("old man", "old") and literally means "nice old man", "one who has nice old age"";[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] the first element is reminiscent of such names as Calliope and Callimachus, while the second is reminiscent of the name Gerontius. A second interpretation, not generally accepted, is that the second element is the Greek keros (grain), according to which the name would mean "good grain".[7][dubious – discuss]
Historically, in the ambit of Greek Orthodoxy, the term caloyer is used as a name for a monk or a hermit, in a manner that translates as "brother" or "monk",[1][3][5][6] a significance that is retained in Modern Greek.
The name is traditionally found in and is characteristic of Sicily, bestowed by the cultus of Saint Calogerus the Anchorite, a monk and hermit near Sciacca;[3][5][7] in the province of Agrigento, Calogero is the third-most widespread masculine name,[8] but it is well-attested in all the rest of the island.
Feast days
The feast day is celebrated on June 18 in honour of Saint Calogerus, exorcist and hermit in Sicily.[7][9][10] Other feast dates recorded for the name are:
- February 11, Saint Calogerus, Bishop of Ravenna and confessor[7]
- April 18, Saint Calocerus, Roman soldier and martyr at Albenga under Hadrian[7][9]
- 19 May, Saint Calocerus the Eunuch, brother of Saint Parthenius, martyred under Decius, commemorated together with Parthenius[6][7][9]
People
Mononym
- Calogero (singer) (born 1971 in Échirolles as Calogero Joseph Salvatore Maurici), French singer-songwriter
Given name
- Calogero Bagarella (1935–1969), Italian criminal and member of the Sicilian Mafia
- Calogero "Jerry" Calà (born 1951), Italian comedian and filmmaker
- Calogero "Charly" Chiarelli (born 1948), Italian-Canadian writer, storyteller, actor and musician
- Calogero Minacore (1910–1993), also known as Carlos "The Little Man" Marcello, Italian-American mafioso who became the boss of the New Orléans crime family
- Calogero "Chazz" Palminteri (born 1952), American actor, screenwriter and producer; descended from immigrants from Agrigento, Sicily
- Calogero "Don Calò" Vizzini (1877–1954), historical Mafia boss of Villalba in the Italian province of Caltanissetta, Sicily
Surname
- Fiorenza Calogero (born 1978), Italian singer and actress
- Francesco Calogero (born 1935), Italian physicist
- Calogero conjecture, minority interpretation of quantum mechanics (attributed to Francesco Calogero)
- Calogero–Degasperis–Fokas equation, the nonlinear partial differential equation (jointly attributed to Francesco Calogero)
- Guido Calogero [it], Italian philosopher, thinker, activist, and Partito d'Azione politician
- Pascal F. Calogero Jr. (1931–2018), American judge
Fictional
- Calogero "C" Anello, the son / main character in A Bronx Tale[11]
- Calogero "Clay" Appuzzo is a character in Showtime's drama "I'm Dying Up Here" and is portrayed by Sebastian Stan
- Calogera "Al" Culcher is a personality in numerous comedy stylings of Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo
- Calogero Sedara is a character in the romance Il Gattopardo of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
- Calogero Di Spelta is a character in the comedy La grande magia by Eduardo De Filippo
- Calogero (called Calò) is a character in The Godfather and The Godfather: Part III, portrayed by Franco Citti
References
- ^ a b c La Stella T. 2009, p. 76
- ^ a b c "Calogero". Behind the Name. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Galgani 2005, p. 190
- ^ a b c d Accademia della Crusca 1830, p. 612
- ^ a b c d e f De Felice 1978, p. 96
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Albaigès i Olivart 1993, pp. 66, 67
- ^ a b c d e f g Burgio 1992, pp. 97, 98
- ^ "La carica dei Calogero". la Repubblica.it (in Italian). May 10, 2005. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Santi di nome Calogero". Santi, beati e testimoni. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ "Name – Calogerus". Catholic Saints. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ "A Bronx Tale (1993)". IMDB.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
Bibliography
- Accademia della Crusca (1830). Dizionario della lingua italiana - Volume VII. Padova: Tipografia della Minerva.
- Albaigès i Olivart, Josep M. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de pers. ISBN 9788447502646.
- Burgio, Alfonso (1992). Dizionario dei nomi propri di persona. Roma: Hermes Edizioni. ISBN 88-7938-013-3.
- De Felice, Emidio (1978). Nomi d'Italia. Vol. 1. Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.
- Galgani, Fabio (2005). Onomastica Maremmana. Centro Studi Storici "A. Gabrielli".
- La Stella T., Enzo (2009). Santi e fanti - Dizionario dei nomi di persona. Bologna: Zanichelli. ISBN 978-88-08-06345-8.
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