Epiphania
Americannoun
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No matter how many times I brought it up, Epiphania always gave the same sad answer in her cadenced, Italian accent: "No, you can't buy it! The house is not on the market!"
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2022
Befana, Beffana, be-f�′na, n. an Epiphany present or gift—a corruption of Epiphania, which name in Italy has become personified for children as a toy-bringing witch or fairy called La Befana.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
If one goes further south, into Italy itself, one meets with a similar being, the Befana, whose name is plainly nothing but a corruption of Epiphania.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
The Befana's name is obviously derived from Epiphania.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
Upon the day of his coronation he celebrated his marriage with the delicate Eudocia, who bore him two children, a daughter, Epiphania, and a son, Heraclius Constantine, the natural successor to the throne.
From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred
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