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Variations Last name: del Greco
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
Ancient and noble English House which spread in Calabria in the thirteenth century, under the reign of Henry VI, because its progenitor was at the direction of the argentiferous mines of Longobucco. The clear nobility of the family is confirmed by its presence in the valuable works: "Il Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane, estinte e fiorenti" by the Italian writer and heraldist Giovan Battista di Crollalanza, "Nobiliario di Sicilia" by Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo, 1915-1970 and "Blasone In Sicilia ossia Raccolta Araldica" by V. Palizzolo Gravina, Palermo 1871-75. The family acquired, between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Lordships of the feuds of Arnaro and Alvidona. Angelo Greco was appointed Bishop of Martorano in 1463. German Greco was Captain of militia with Charles V. In Longobucco, the family took a prominent political and social position, boasting a number of Mayors of the University. Between the late sixteenth ...
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BlazonGreco
Variations Last name: del Greco
1. Coat of arms of family: Greco
Language of the text: English
Azure, a height-pointed comet star argent per pale within three escallops of the same, 2 in chief and 1 in base.
Source: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.I, page 499, compiled by Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edited by "la direzione del giornale araldico", Pisa 1888; "Nobiliario di Sicilia" by Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912); "Blasone In Sicilia ossia Raccolta Araldica" V. Palizzolo Gravina, Palermo 1871-75, page 209.
D'azzurro, alla "Y" d'oro sormontata da un chiavistello del medesimo, al capo in arco di rosso sostenuto da una divisa centrata d'argento e caricato di tre stelle di quest'ultimo
Blasone della famiglia Greco in Rossano (Cs). Fonte bibliografica: ""Cenno storico della città di Rossano e delle sue nobili famiglie" di Luca de Rosis, Napoli, 1838.
Blasone della famiglia Greco o del Greco in Modigliana. Fonte bibliografica: "Raccolta Ceramelli Papiani" custodita presso l'archivio di stato di Firenze fasc.762.
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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