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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Sancto m. Latin sanctus 'consecrated, blessed; a saint'.

The name of a 10th C king of Leon, an 11th C king of Leon, Castile, and Galicia, a 12th C king of Castile, a 12th C king of Portugal, a 13th C king of Leon, Castile, and Galicia, a 13th C king of Portugal, and a 14th C king of Majorca.

France
Latin
● 1273 Sanchi (gen) RegToul-13thC p. 30, Sanchii (gen) ibid. p. 30; 1287 Sancius (nom) GasReg-A p. 74; 1305 Sancii (gen) LibSenTou fol. 118
Old French
● 1301 Sains (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 240; 1313 Sanse Paris1313 p. 80
Italy
Latin
● 1348 Sancti (gen) INP 22, Sanctus (nom) ibid. 23; 1376 Sanches (gen) DouGen1 p. 220, Sanchi (gen) ibid. p. 215, Sanchii (gen) ibid. p. 218
◑ 1522x1532 Santolus (nom) DSF p. 51, 7
Portugal
Latin
● 1152 Sancii (gen) PHGCRP-I no. 3; 1189 Sancius (nom) ibid. no. 9; 1190 Sancius (nom) ibid. no. 8; 1209 Sancij (gen) ibid. no. 10, Sancius (nom) ibid. no. 10; 1211 Sancij (gen) ibid. no. 6, Sancio (abl) ibid. no. 6; 1217 Sancio (abl) ibid. no. 21, Sancius (nom) ibid. no. 21; 1221 Sancius (nom) ibid. no. 19; 1256 Sancij (gen) ibid. no. 17; 1269 Sancii (gen) ibid. no. 11
Portuguese-Galician
● 1238 Sancho PHGCRP-I no. 22b
Spain
Catalan
● 1510 Sancho valencia1510 3302, Sans ibid. 2399
Old Spanish
● 1225 Sancho PHGCRP-I no. 15
Spanish
● 1376 Sancho SanzSerrano; 1496 Sancho olite1496 p. 174
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Sancto". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Sancto.