Santopadre (Italian) comes from Italian santo, from Latin sānctus, from Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from Hebrew עָקֵב — heel of the foot; heel.
Ancestry of “Santopadre”, step by step
Santopadre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.