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'''Peter Charles Remondino''' (1846-1926) was a prominent San Diego, California medical doctor and , author in the late 19th century.<ref name="remondinoautobiography">{{REFweb
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}}</ref> He is famous for his book that promoted male circumcision.
==Life before San Diego==
Remondino was born in 1846 in Turin (Torino) Piedmont, (''Piemonte'' in Italian), which is now a region of Italy.<ref name="remondinoautobiography" /> Remondino migrated to America with his father at the age of eight.<ref name="remondinoautobiography" /> The family moved to Minnesota where he grew up.<ref name="remondinoautobiography" />
Remondino spoke several languages, including French, German, Latin, and Sioux.<ref name="remondinoautobiography" />
Neither Peter nor Charles are Italian names so he apparently anglicized his names at some point.
==Life in San Diego==
Remondino married Sophia Ann Earle on Sept. 27, 1877 in San Diego, California. They had four children.<ref name="remondinoautobiography" />
==Remondino's History of Circumcision==