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Piccio Family
The Piccio family is a family of Portuguese Jewish origin. It has established branches in Italy,Stow, K. (1995). ''The Jews in Rome'' (Vol. 1). Leiden: Brill. the Philippines and Turkey. Members also reside in fewer numbers in other countries. The current form of the family’s name is an Italianized standardization by notaries in Rome of , which in turn was a Turkified rendering of the original Portuguese Figo (). Members Notable members include: *Azaria Piccio, Venetian rabbi; *Carlo Piccio, Philippine swimmer; * Gino Piccio, Italian priest; * Giuseppe Piccio, Italian literary critic; *Mosè Piccio, Ottoman rabbi and lexicographer; * Mordekay Piccio, Israeli paramilitary; *Pier Ruggero Piccio, Italian World War I general and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force; * Vicente Piccio, Jr., Philippine major general, Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azaria Piccio
Azaria Piccio ( vec, Azarìa Piccio; he, עזריה בן אפרים פיגו, translit=Azarya ben Efrayim Figu; 1579–6 February 1647) was a Venetian Talmudist, ''sofer'' (scribe) and ''darshan'' (preacher) who served in the Jewish communities of Venice and Pisa. Biography Piccio was born in Venice in 1579. Originally destined for a medical career,Bloch, A. P. (1987). ''One a day: An anthology of Jewish historical anniversaries for every day of the year''. Jersey City: KTAV. Piccio left medical school and devoted himself to the study of the Talmud.Ruderman, D. B. (1992)Jewish preaching and the language of science: The sermons of Azariah Figo In D. B. Ruderman (Ed.), ''Preachers of the Italian ghetto''. Berkeley: University of California. Referring to this episode in his life, Piccio wrote the nowadays oft-quoted passage, “I abandoned my girlfriend,” referring to his medical studies and general preoccupation with the secular world, “and went to my true love.” As a rabbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piccio Family
The Piccio family is a family of Portuguese Jewish origin. It has established branches in Italy,Stow, K. (1995). ''The Jews in Rome'' (Vol. 1). Leiden: Brill. the Philippines and Turkey. Members also reside in fewer numbers in other countries. The current form of the family’s name is an Italianized standardization by notaries in Rome of , which in turn was a Turkified rendering of the original Portuguese Figo (). Members Notable members include: *Azaria Piccio, Venetian rabbi; *Carlo Piccio, Philippine swimmer; * Gino Piccio, Italian priest; * Giuseppe Piccio, Italian literary critic; *Mosè Piccio, Ottoman rabbi and lexicographer; * Mordekay Piccio, Israeli paramilitary; *Pier Ruggero Piccio, Italian World War I general and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force; * Vicente Piccio, Jr., Philippine major general, Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Air Force
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) ( tgl, Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, , Army of the Air of the Philippines) ( es, Ejército Aérea del Filipinas, , Ejército de la Aérea de la Filipinas) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Initially formed as part of the Philippine Army (Philippine Army Air Corps), the PAF is responsible for both defending the Philippine airspace, and conducting aerial operations throughout the Philippines, such as close air support operations, combat air patrols, aerial reconnaissance missions, airlift operations, helicopter tactical operations and aerial humanitarian operations. The PAF is headquartered at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay, and is headed by the Chief of the Air Force, who also serves as the branch's highest-ranking military officer. History Philippine Commonwealth and Independence Early years and World War II The forerunners of the Philippine Air Force was the Philippine Militia, otherwise known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Piccio, Jr
Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Location *São Vicente, Cape Verde - an island in Cape Verde People Given Name * Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate * Vicente Álvarez Travieso, first alguacil mayor (1731–1779) of San Antonio, Texas * Vicente Aranda (1926–2015), Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer * Vicente del Bosque (b. 1950), former Spanish footballer and former manager of the Spain national football team * José Vicente Feliz, American settler * Vicente Fernández (1940–2021), Mexican retired singer, actor, and film producer * Vicente Fox Quesada (b. 1942), Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico * Juan Vicente Gómez (1857–1935), Venezuelan military dictator * Vicente Guaita (b. 1987), Spanish footballer * Vicente Guerrero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeronautica Militare
, colours = , colours_label = , march = (Ordinance March of the Air Force) by Alberto Di Miniello , mascot = , anniversaries = 28 March (Air Force Day) , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = , decorations = , battle_honours = , battle_honours_label = , flying_hours = , website = , commander1 = Generale di squadra Luca Goretti , commander1_label = Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force, Chief of Staff of Air Force , notable_commanders = , identification_symbol = , identification_symbol_label = Military aircraft insignia, Roundel , identification_symbol_2 = , identification_symbol_2_label = Roundel Low Visibility , aircraft_attack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier Ruggero Piccio
Lieutenant General Count Pier Ruggero Piccio (27 September 1880 – 30 July 1965) was an Italian aviator and the founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force. With 24 victories during his career, he is one of the principal Italian air aces of World War I, behind only Count Francesco Baracca and Tenente Silvio Scaroni. Piccio rose to the rank of Lieutenant General and in later years, became a Roman senator under the Fascists before and during World War II. Early life Pier Ruggero Piccio was born in Rome on 27 September 1880,Franks et al 1997, pp. 151-152. to Giacomo Piccio and Caterina Locatelli.Italian senate's website page on Picci(In Italian, translated by Microsoft) Retrieved 11 May 2013. He attended the Military Academy of Modena, enrolling on October 29, 1898. He graduated on September 8, 1900, as a sottotenente (second lieutenant)Variale 2009, pp. 75-78. assigned to the 43rd Infantry Regiment. In 1903, stultified by garrison duty, he had himself seconded to the Minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mordechai Petcho
) , image = Mordechai_Petcho.jpg , caption = Mordechai Petcho, Israel, 1991 , birth_date = 15 July 1916 , birth_place = İzmir, Ottoman Empire , death_date = , death_place = Israel , placeofburial = Israel , allegiance = Israel , branch= * Irgun * IDF , serviceyears = 1935–1949 , rank= Gundar (Irgun) , battles = The Irgun's attack upon Jaffa , spouse = Joya Poppens Mordechai Petcho (; tr, Mordekay Peço; July 15, 1916 – January 27, 1992) was an Israeli military officer who had earlier served as deputy commander of the Irgun under Ya'akov Meridor. Biography Petcho was born in the Ottoman coastal city of İzmir to İlyas Peço ( he, אליהו פצ׳ו, translit=Eliyahu Pečo, translit-std=ISO) and Zimbol (Aviva) Curiel ( he, זימבול (אביבה) קוריאל, translit=Zimbol (Abibah) Quryel, translit-std=ISO). His father was a scion of the Venetian rabbi Azaria Piccio while his mother was a member of the Curiel noble family; both of his parents' fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosè Piccio
Mosè Piccio (Hebrew: משה בן יוסף פיגו, ''Moshe ben Yosef Figu''; d. 1576) was an Ottoman lexicographer. Piccio compiled ''Zikhron Torat Moshe'' (Hebrew: זכרון תורת משה), which is a dictionary of ''aggadic'' terminology first published in Constantinople in 1552.Gottheil, R. & Elbogen, I. (1906)Pigo In ''Jewish Encyclopedia''. New York: Funk and Wagnalls. The dictionary's content reflects the impact of the massive migrations taking place at that time around the Mediterranean Basin.Kiron, A., & Jerchower, S. (2003)The meaning of words: Marcus Jastrow and the making of rabbinic dictionaries ''Judaica Online Exhibitions''. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania. References Lexicographers from the Ottoman Empire Year of birth unknown 1576 deaths Mose Mose, Mosè, or Mosé is a given name which may refer to: People In religion * Mose Durst, former president of the Unification Church of the United States * Mosé Higuera, Colombian Catholic bishop * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Piccio
Giuseppe Piccio was a Venetian literary critic and editor of the Italian literary magazine ''L’Alba''. An instructor at the Marco Foscarini Royal Gymnasium, Piccio also compiled the ''Dizionario veneziano–italiano'', published in 1916, significantly at a time when Venetian had been gradually losing favor to Tuscan even among Venetian literary circles. The ''Dizionario'' remains one of the few extant dictionaries of Venetian to this day. Bibliography * Impressioni sull'Iacopo Ortis' (Voghera, 1886) * ''L’Alba'' (Venice, 1896–1901) * Dizionario veneziano-italiano: Con note grammaticali e fonologiche seguite da testi dialettali' (Venice, 1916) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Piccio, Giuseppe 19th-century Italian writers 19th-century male writers 20th-century Italian writers 20th-century male writers Giuseppe Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Piccio
Luigi Piccio (12 September 1920 – 10 March 2014) was an Italian activist and Roman Catholicism in Italy, Catholic Catholic priest, priest. Often referred to as Don Gino,Diocese of Casale Monferrato. (2014, March 13). L’ultimo saluto in duomo a don Gino Piccio. ''La vita casalese''. Retrieved from http://www.vitacasalese.it/lultimo-saluto-in-duomo-a-don-gino-piccio. Piccio was Italy's foremost expert on critical pedagogy, in particular of the educational philosophy of Paulo Freire. References 1920 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests Piccio family, Gino People from the Province of Alessandria Italian activists {{Europe-activist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
