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Last name
Graffeo

Nobility: Duchi - Principi - Visconti
Nobles in:
Italia
Variations Last name:
Grifeo
Language of the text: English

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Graffeo
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Very noble family and as Minutoli says, according to other historians, it derives its origin from the Greek emperors, lived having in Palermo with great splendor, counting itself as the oldest Sicilian family because found noble by Count Ruggiero, and owner of the land of Partanna . And to keep silent about a remote antiquity, it likes with Mugnos to stop at a Leone Foca 970, son of Bardafoca II, who given the last collapse to 'Bulgari, and won in battle their lord and captain Grifeo, took its name and the weapon. It was for this reason that he obtained the island of Candia and numerous castles from the Greek emperor. From him a Euripione G., who with a team of cadiotti was militating in Sicily, together with Maniace general of the Greek army against the Saracens, making horrible havoc. They flourished: Giovanni Grifeo, valiant in arms, and straticoto di

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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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