The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
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Language of the text: Italiano
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Arfo
Italiano
Famiglia anteriore al 1300. Prende il cognome da uno detto Strinato di Rainone secondo di sua famiglia proveniente da Lamporecchio nel 1240 e fu Alfiere in Fiandra, e aveva con sè una shiera di pistoiesi e perchè era piccolo lo chiamavano Alferolo, cioiè Alfiere piccolo. Servì in questa mansione Urbano VI, Papa legittimo eletto nel conclave Vaticano l'8 aprile 1378. Questo Pontefice era Arcivesovo di Bari dotto canonista, nato a Napoli nel 1318; alla sua elezione non venne però reso noto subito il suo nome, perchè non si trovava in Vaticano, e tra il popolo corse invece voce che fosse stato eletto un francese; ci fu un' irruzione nella sala del Conclave e i cardinali impauriti, per pendere tempo e calmare i rivoltosi, dissero che era stato eletto il vecchio Cardinale Romano Francesco Tebaldeschi. Il popolo voleva vederlo subito sul trono e il povero vecchio si oppose ...
When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
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The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
