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Meaning & History
Means "peacemaker" in Latin. From the Latin pāx 'peace' and faciō 'I do, make'.Noted bearers are Pacificus, a disciple of St. FRANCIS of Assisi, born probably near Ascoli, Italy, in the second half of the twelfth century; St. Pacificus (PACIFICO) of San Severino (1653 – 1721), an Italian Roman Catholic Saint; and Pacificus of Verona (c.776 – 844 AD), a 9th-century Carolingian Italian religious leader, notable for his tenure as the archdeacon of Verona from 803 until his death in 844, as well as the historiographical debate over the validity of the many achievements ascribed to him.