I looked up this name on Ancestry and there are many, many listed especially in 
Brazil so it is not so uncommon as it seems. 
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> On Aug 15, 2014, at 11:45 AM, "luiznoia ." <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> The full name of city when founded :
> 
> "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula" 
> or "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Porciúncula River"
> 
> The origin of the name Porciuncula: Porziuncola, also called Portiuncula (in 
> Latin) or Porzioncula, is a small church located within the Basilica of Santa 
> Maria degli Angeli in the frazione of Santa Maria degli Angeli, situated 
> about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Assisi, Umbria (central Italy)
> 
>  It is the place from where the Franciscan movement started
> 
> 
> Eric Edgar
> 
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Kalani N <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Only time I've seen Porciuncula was in the name of the LA River. ;)
>> 
>> Kalani
>> 
>>> On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:17:35 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote:
>>> Yes, that's the name, Eliseu.
>>> 
>>> It's pretty rare. I have only 15 people in my database with that name. They 
>>> range from the 1600s to the 1800s, at least those I have found.
>>> 
>>> I have never seen it as a first name. It's always like the example Rick 
>>> found, Maria da Porciúncula.
>>> 
>>> Doug da Rocha Holmes
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>>> 
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Another name.
>>> From: "Eliseu Pacheco da Silva" <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Wed, August 13, 2014 6:52 pm
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> You mean Porciúncula?
>>>  
>>> De: [email protected] [[email protected]] Em nome de Richard 
>>> Francis Pimentel
>>> Enviada: quarta-feira, 13 de Agosto de 2014 21:04
>>> Para: [email protected]
>>> Assunto: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Another name.
>>>  
>>> Thanks Eliseu,
>>>  
>>> I think I was hitting around it does it mean striking as in a striking 
>>> beauty?
>>>  
>>> Rick
>>>  
>>> Richard Francis Pimentel
>>> Epping, NH
>>>  
>>>  
>>> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
>>> Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 4:16 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Another name.
>>>  
>>> Perciúncula or Porciúncula I think it was very used in Brasil for some time
>>>  
>>> De: [email protected] [[email protected]] Em nome de Richard 
>>> Francis Pimentel
>>> Enviada: quarta-feira, 13 de Agosto de 2014 19:55
>>> Para: [email protected]
>>> Assunto: [AZORES-Genealogy] Another name.
>>>  
>>> It has been raining since 6 this morning and it is an all-day rain.  So I 
>>> am working inside trying to eliminate my questions. This record 
>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-ESTRELA-C-1828-1839/SMG-RG-ESTRELA-C-1828-1839_item1/P9.html
>>>   Left side the bride has an unfamiliar name. Any Ideas?
>>>  
>>> Rick
>>>  
>>> Richard Francis Pimentel
>>> Epping, NH
>>>  
>>>   
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