Messia may refer to:
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Messia gens The gens Messia was a plebeian family at Rome. The first person of this name to appear in history is Vettius Messius, a Volscian soldier whose courage inspired his comrades in a desperate battle against the Romans in 431 BC. It is not known when t ...
, family at ancient Rome
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Pedro Messía de la Cerda, 2nd Marquis of Vega de Armijo
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning " ...
(1700–1783); a Spanish naval officer
* a harvesting goddess associated with
Tutelina
* Agutazza Messia, an illiterate Sicilian woman (a quilt maker and domestic) from whom
Giuseppe Pitre
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 name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it.
The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...
takes most of his tales, also in
Italo Calvino's folktales collection
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