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Re: Can anyone help confirm whether Clare = Photine
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Hi Julie,Photine is not the same as Clare but they have got (almost) the same meaning (Photine/Fotine is a Greek name meaning "light" and Clare is the English form of the Latin name Clara which means "bright, clear").Regards, Satu
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Fontini is a popular name used, I think to pay homeage
to Saint Photine. I have known a few of Lebanese & Greek
descent.Re: Clare, St Clara was a close friend of Francis of
Assisi.
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