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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Duchi - Principi - Visconti
Nobles in:Italia
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Variations Last name: Grifeo
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
Famiglia nobilissima e come dice il Minutoli, concordemente ad altri storici, ne trae sua origine dagl'imperatori greci, vissuto avendo in Palermo con grande splendore, annoverandosi come la più antica famiglia siciliana perchè trovata nobile dal conte Ruggiero, e posseditrice della terra di Partanna. E per tacere d'una remota antichità, piace col Mugnos fermarsi ad un Leone Foca 970, figlio di Bardafoca II, il quale dato l'ultimo crollo a' Bulgari, e vinto in battaglia il loro signore e capitano Grifeo, ne prese il nome e l'arme. Fu per questo ch'ei ottenne dal greco imperatore l'isola di Candia, e numerosi castelli. Da lui un Euripione G., che con una squadra di cadiotti venne militando in Sicilia, unitamente a Maniace generale dell'armata greca contro i Saraceni, facendone orribil scempio. Fiorirono: Giovanni Grifeo, valoroso in armi, e straticoto di Messina 1092; Ugone, commilitone di re Ruggiero e pure straticoto in Messina 1130; Giovanni secondo ...
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BlazonGraffeo
Variations Last name: Grifeo
1. Coat of arms of family: Graffeo
Language of the text: Italiano
Campo d'oro, con tre sbarre i d'azzurro, abbassate sotto una riga dello stesso, sormontata da un grifo di nero passante con la branca destra erta combattente.
Mantello di velluto scarlatto. Corona di principe. Motto: Noli Me Tangere.
Graffeo o Grifeo di Sicilia.
Fonte: "Blasone In Sicilia ossia Raccolta Araldica" V. Palizzolo Gravina, Palermo 1871-75, p. 25-26-27.
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