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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Baroni - Feudatari
Nobles in:Italia (Sicilia)
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Variations Last name: Adinolfi
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 Swabian family, of clear and proven nobility, which, as Mugnos well reports, passed to Sicily, following the emperor Henry VI. On the other hand, the origin of this surname, according to illustrious genealogists, should be sought precisely in the ancient Germanic medieval name "Atenolfus", a variant of the more common "Adolfus", composed, in turn, of the Germanic terms "athala" and "wulfa", meaning "of noble stock" and "wolf", respectively. In any case, always according to what Mugnos reports, a Lanfranco Adinolfo, for his precious services, obtained, from the aforementioned emperor, the custody and government of the city of Catania. His son, Giovanni was a squire of the emperor Frederick II and became the progenitor of many virtuous and valiant barons; therefore, this family boasts among the ancient feudal lords of Sicily. Furthermore, over the centuries, it always managed to distinguish itself, thanks to the elevated characters to which it gave ...
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BlazonAdinolfo
Variations Last name: Adinolfi
1. Coat of arms of family: Adinolfo, Adinolfi
Language of the text: Italiano
D'argento, ad una spada ed una palma di verde posta in croce di S. Andrea, accostate da quattro stelle di rosso, una in capo, una in punta a due ai fianchi.
Blasone (alias) della famiglia Adinolfo o Adinolfi in Sicilia. Fonte bibliografica: "Nobiliario di Sicilia" di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912) custodito presso la biblioteca centrale della regione Sicilia.
D'argento, ad una spada di rosso ed una palma di verde posta in croce di S. Andrea, accostate da quattro stelle di rosso, una in capo, una in punta a due ai fianchi.
Blasone della famiglia Adinolfi. Fonti bibliografiche: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.I, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888; Blasonario generale di Terra di Bari", Mola di Bari, 1912 (ristampa anastatica Forni Editore, 1981).
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