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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobles - Marquises
Nobles in:Italia (Lombardy - Liguria - Sicily)
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Variations Last name: Benenati,Beninati
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
Among the ancient lineages that, over the centuries, have honored Sicily through their name and their deeds stands the illustrious Benanti family, which is said to derive its origin from the noble house of the Benenati. The present-day surname Benanti represents a contracted dialectal form of Benenati, in accordance with a phenomenon quite common in past centuries, when the written language did not yet coincide with spoken usage and civil records were subject to the fluctuations of local chanceries. Further confirmation of this evolution is found in the intermediate form Beninati, which attests to the continuity of a single family tradition. As for the family’s earliest origins, however, heraldists and historians are not in agreement. According to the Dizionario Storico-Blasonico by G. B. di Crollalanza, the Benenati were originally from Milan, where as early as 1388 they were enrolled in the Council of the Nine Hundred Nobles, thus indicating a clear Lombard ancestry. From this stock the family is said to have later settled in Sicily through Luca Benenati, a valiant man in the service of Alfonso of Aragon, who ...
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BlazonBenanti
Variations Last name: Benenati,Beninati
1. Crest of family: Benenati, Beninato, Benanti, Beninati
Language of the text: English
Or, a pine eradicated vert senestré par a lion gules. Crown of marquis.
Coat of Arms of family Benenati, Beninati ,Benanti or Beninato. Bibliographic sources: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti", compiled by Comm. G. B. di Crollalanza, published by the editorial office of the Heraldic Journal, Pisa 1888; "Nobiliario di Sicilia" by Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912), preserved at the central library of the region of Sicily; "Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana di V. Spreti"; "L'origine dei cognomi Italiani storia ed etimologia" by E. Rossoni.
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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
