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.
Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Italia
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
Famiglia calabrese, di antica e nobile tradizione, delle cui origini non vi sono notizie certe. Si ritiene, stando al dir di molti genealogisti, che sia di origine longobarda e che derivi dalla casata Erfone e, più propriamente, dall'abate Erfone, figlio del Duca del Friuli, dal 749 al 756, Pietro e marito di Esinda. Egli, al seguito del Re Rachis, scese in Toscana, dopo che nel Friuli aveva fondato già due conventi, Sesto in Silvis e Salto presso Cividale, ove costruì, con l'autorizzazione del detto re, un grande cenobio sulle pendici orientali del monte Amiata, dedicandolo al Salvatore del mondo, secondo il culto e la liturgia longobarda. Dal re ebbe per la fondazione e la crescita del monastero, da lui presieduto come abate, un vasto dominio adiacente, costituito da concessioni su campi e boschi. Il passaggio della famiglia, ancora denominata Erfone, in Calabria, avvenne a seguito della conquista longobarda, tra il ...
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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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