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Silvester ♂ From a Latin name, meaning ‘of the woods’. It was borne by various early saints, most notably by the first pope to govern a Church free from persecution (314–35). His feast is on 31 December, and in various parts of Europe the New Year is celebrated under his name. The name has been continuously, if modestly, used from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Variant: Sylvester.

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Silvester ♂ Latin: ‘of the woods’.

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Silvester

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Silvester see Sylvester .

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