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Variations Last name: Locaputo
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 family of the Kingdom of Naples, which enjoyed nobility in Naples, in the seats of Nile, Montagna, Porto and Portanova, in Tropea, Barletta, Cosenza, Ruvo di Puglia, Larino, Catanzaro and other cities of Southern Italy. In its various ramifications it obtained numerous fiefdoms, including: Bagnoli, Belvedere, the principality of Calopezzati, Carovigno, Castel di Pietro, Cuma, Feccia, Cefuni, Mattafellone, Roccaromana, Sacco, Sanfelice, Sansosti, Tito. The following titles also belong to the family: Count of Monteforino, Marquises of Cerveto and Petrella, Duke of Turano and, on the surname, Prince of Calopezzati. The house also gave four Bishops to the Catholic Church: Andrea († 1650), Bishop of Letters from 1625 to 1650; Pietro Paolo († 1628), nominated bishop of Larino by Urban VIII from 1628 until 29 July of the same year; Consalvo († 1645), brother of Pietro Paolo, clear out of pity, Bishop of Massa in 1630 and Bishop of Catanzaro ...
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BlazonCaputo
Variations Last name: Locaputo
1. Coat of arms of family: Caputo
Language of the text: Italiano
Di rosso, alla testa di leopardo d'argento coronata d'oro.
Blasone della famiglia Caputo di Napoli e Tropea.
Fonte bibliografica del blasone: "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.
D’argento, alla testa di leopardo di carnagione, bordata di nero, coronata d’oro, all’antica.
Cimiero: un braccio armato al naturale, la mano di carnagione, impugnante pei capelli una testa di moro.
Caputo della Sicilia.
Fonte: "Nobiliario di Sicilia" di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912).
Troncato: nel 1º d'azzurro a 3 monti d'oro con due leoni del medesimo affrontati e linguati di rosso, sostenenti una testa coronata al naturale; nel 2º di verde con quattro fasce ondate di argento.
Caputo di Tropea.
Fonte: "Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana di V. SPRETI", Vol. II pag. 301.
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