Editing Patronymic (section)

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The [[Italian language]] used to designate patronymics in formal writing up to 1975 using the preposition ''di'' (English ''of'') for a living father and ''fu'' (English ''late'') for a deceased one. That is, ''[[Marius (name)|Mario]] di [[John (name)|Giovanni]] Rossi'' meant that Mario Rossi is the son of a living man named Giovanni; ''[[Francis (given name)|Francesco]] fu [[Peter (name)|Pietro]] Verdi'' meant that Francesco Verdi is the son of a deceased man named Pietro. When the father's name was unknown, institutions could use the formula N.N. (''[[Nomen nescio]]'', Latin for "I don't know the name") or use the mother's name or omit this part entirely.

In [[parish record]]s written in [[Latin language|Latin]], the father's name would be written in [[Genitive case|genitive]] with no preposition. For a deceased father, the particle ''quondam'' (English ''once/formerly'') was added. The examples above would have been translated as ''Marius Johannis Rossi'' and ''Franciscus quondam Petri Verdi''.

Patronymics are not in common usage in modern Italian. However, some of them have been the source of various surnames. As an example, the individuals descended from a man named ''[[Paul (name)|Paolo]]'' could have gained the patronymic surnames ''Paolo'', ''Di Paolo'', ''De Paoli'', ''Paoli'', ''Polo'', ''Pagolo'', ''Pagoli'', ''Paolino'', ''Lino'', etc.