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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles
Nobles in:Spain - Italy
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
Família antiga e nobre da Ilha de Malta, de clara e ancestral virtude, que se espalhou pelo mundo, ao longo dos séculos. As duas filiais principais foram uma para a Itália e outra para a Espanha. O que foi para a Espanha instalou-se em Valência. Crispo Bárbaro, em seu "Nobiliario" de 1883, cita uma Sra. Carmen Briffa, filha de E. Briffa e irmã política do barão de Benuarrat. Muitos familiares se distinguiram nas Ordens de Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara e Montesa; outros também faziam parte da Real Chancelaria de Valladolid e Granada. O ramo da família que se mudou para a Itália, instalou-se na Sicília. Aqui, esta família, em todas as idades, sempre se destaca, graças às figuras proeminentes, que deram origem, no serviço público, nas profissões liberais e eclesiásticas e no serviço militar. Entre estes, sem subestimar os omitidos, destacamos: Giacomo, proprietário de terras, florescente em 1521; Pietro, cônego, teólogo ...
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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.
BlazonBriffa
1. Coat of arms of family: Briffa
Language of the text: English
Party per fesse; first or, four bendlets sinister gules; second gules, three roses argent per pale.
Source: "El solar catalan, valenciano y balear" - Tomo I, by A. y A. Garcia Carraffa, Libreria internacional.
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