Calogero (from the el, καλόγερος, kalógeros, a familiar term for a
monk
A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...
) is common given name and family name, and a place name of Italian origin.
Variants
*(Masculine): Calocero
**(Hypocoristic): Calò, Gero, Gerino
*Feminine: Calogera, Calocera
Derived from the grc-gre, καλόγερος, kalogeros, composed of grc-gre, καλός, kalos (Ancient Greek "fair"; Modern Greek "good") and grc-gre, γέρων, geron ("old man", "old") and literally means "nice old man", "one who has nice old age""; the first element is reminiscent of such names as Calliope and
Callimachus
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, while the second is reminiscent of the name
Gerontius Gerontius (; Latinized Greek for 'old man') can refer to:
Music and literature
* ''The Dream of Gerontius'', a 1900 choral work by Edward Elgar, a setting of a poem of the same name by John Henry Newman
* ''The Dream of Gerontius'', the poem by ...
. A second interpretation, not generally accepted, is that the second element is the Greek (grain), according to which the name would mean "good grain".
Historically, in the ambit of Greek Orthodoxy, the term caloyer is used as a name for a
monk
A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...
or a
hermit
A hermit, also known as an eremite (adjectival form: hermitic or eremitic) or solitary, is a person who lives in seclusion. Eremitism plays a role in a variety of religions.
Description
In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Ch ...
, in a manner that translates as "brother" or "monk", a significance that is retained in
Modern Greek
Modern Greek (, , or , ''Kiní Neoellinikí Glóssa''), generally referred to by speakers simply as Greek (, ), refers collectively to the dialects of the Greek language spoken in the modern era, including the official standardized form of the ...
.
The name is traditionally found in and is characteristic of
Calogerus the Anchorite
Calogeros the Anchorite ( grc-gre, Καλόγερος ὁ Αναχωρητής, Kalogeros ho Anakhorētēs, Kalogeros o Anakhoritis, la, Calogerus or ''Calocerus'', scn, Calòjiru and ''Caloriu'', it, Calogero, also known as ''Calogerus the He ...
, a monk and hermit near
Sciacca
Sciacca (; Greek language, Greek: ; Latin: Thermae Selinuntinae, Thermae Selinuntiae, Thermae, Aquae Labrodes and Aquae Labodes) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento on the southwestern coast of Sicily, southern Italy. It has vi ...
; in the province of Agrigento, Calogero is the third-most widespread masculine name, but it is well-attested in all the rest of the island.
Feast days
The feast day is celebrated on June 18 in honour of Saint Calogerus, exorcist and hermit in Sicily. Other feast dates recorded for the name are:
*February 11, Saint Calogerus,
Bishop of Ravenna
This page is a list of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna and, from 1985, of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.Calocerus, Roman soldier and
martyr
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Hadrian
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*19 May, Saint Calocerus the Eunuch, brother of Saint Parthenius, martyred under
Decius
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A distinguished politician during the reign of Philip the Arab, Decius was procla ...
, commemorated together with Parthenius
People
Mononym
* Calogero (singer) (born 1971 in Échirolles as ''Calogero Joseph Salvatore Maurici''), French singer-songwriter
Given name
*
Calogero Bagarella
Calogero Bagarella (; January 14, 1935 – December 10, 1969) was an Italian criminal and member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was from the town of Corleone and belonged to the Mafia clan of Corleonesi.
Biography
Calogero Bagarella was born in Corleo ...
province of Caltanissetta
The Province of Caltanissetta ( it, provincia di Caltanissetta; scn, pruvincia di Nissa or ; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Caltanissetta'') is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. Following the suppression of the Sicilia ...
Francesco Calogero
Francesco Calogero (born 6 February 1935) is an Italian physicist, active in the community of scientists concerned with nuclear disarmament.
Biography
Born on 6 February 1935, he is the son of the philosopher Guido Calogero. After his father was ...
(born 1935), Italian physicist
** Calogero conjecture, minority interpretation of quantum mechanics (attributed to Francesco Calogero)
**
Calogero–Degasperis–Fokas equation In mathematics, the Calogero–Degasperis–Fokas equation is the nonlinear partial differential equation
In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation which imposes relations between the various partial derivatives of a M ...
, the nonlinear partial differential equation (jointly attributed to Francesco Calogero)
*, Italian philosopher, thinker, activist, and Partito d'Azione politician
*
Pascal F. Calogero Jr.
Pascal Frank Calogero Jr. (November 9, 1931 – December 20, 2018), was the longest-serving
Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Background
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Calogero attended C.J. Colton Grammar School and gr ...
(1931–2018), American judge
Fictional
*Calogero "C" Anello, the son / main character in ''
A Bronx Tale
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''
*Calogero "Clay" Appuzzo is a character in Showtime's drama "I'm Dying Up Here" and is portrayed by Sebastian Stan
*Calogera "Al" Culcher is a personality in numerous comedy stylings of
Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo
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*Calogero Sedara is a character in the romance ''Il Gattopardo'' of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
*Calogero Di Spelta is a character in the comedy ''La grande magia'' by Eduardo De Filippo
*Calogero (called Calò) is a character in ''
The Godfather
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Franco Citti
Franco Citti (; 23 April 1935 – 14 January 2016) was an Italian actor, best known as one of the close collaborators of director Pier Paolo Pasolini. He came to fame for playing the title role in Pasolini's film ''Accattone'', which brought hi ...