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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri
Nobles in:Italia
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
Ancienne et noble famille du royaume de Naples, de vertu claire et ancestrale, appelée Catapano, Catapani ou Cattapani, répartie au cours des siècles dans diverses régions d'Italie. L'origine de ce patronyme, selon d'illustres généalogistes, doit être recherchée dans le terme, de matrice byzantine, "Catapanus" (= Préfet d'une province de l'Empire) ou "surintendant, garde douanier en charge de certains territoires au sens de fonctionnaire chargé du recouvrement des amendes », mais aussi « juge des affaires civiles » en référence, probablement, au poste occupé par un géniteur, aujourd'hui inconnu. Cependant, par souci d'exhaustivité et d'amour de la vérité, nous ne pouvons pas rester silencieux car la tradition, bien que mêlée de légende, trouve l'ancêtre de la famille précisément en ce Michele Abidelas, qui fut probablement le premier catapano en Italie, comme evincesi d'un acte de 975. En tout cas, cette famille fut aussi probablement décorée de la chevalerie, suite à la ...
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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.
BlazonCattapani
Coat of arms of family
Language of the text: Italiano
Partito d'oro e di porpora al leone rampante dell'uno nell'altro, sul tutto un fascia d'argento attraversante, caricata di una stella (5) del primo.
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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