Pantaleone
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- [ pahn-tah-le-ON-e ]
- Italian
Italian form of PANTALEON.
 | PANTALEON male Ancient Greek Derived from the Greek elements παν (pan) meaning "all" (genitive παντος) and λεων (leon) meaning "lion". This was the name of a 2nd-century BC king of Bactria. It was also borne by Saint Pantaleon (also called Panteleimon), a doctor from Asia Minor who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. He is a patron saint of doctors and midwives. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| ANCIENT GREEK: Pantaleon |