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Re: Nery
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This is all fascinating!In the case of St. Philip Neri, Neri is an Italian surname, which is a variation of Negri, meaning "black".Do you know the derivation of Ana Neri's surname? Was she also of Italian ancestry?
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The surname was her husband's surname (she was named Ana Justina Ferreira). I didn't find the genealogy of Néri family at Brazil, but it seems a no-unusual surname; since there was a big migration of Italians in South America (specially Arentina and Uruguay) it is not odd at all that Isidoro Antônio Néri (her husband) was of Italian ancestry. But I really can't assure that.
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