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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Italia (Sicilia)
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Variations Last name: Cioffo,Coffo
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
Ancienne et noble famille de Sicile. Le Commendator GB de Crollalanza rapporte le blason de cette famille dans les volumes de son dictionnaire historique des blasons des familles nobles et notables italiennes. Galluppi dit dans ses ouvrages : État actuel de la noblesse de Messine (1881), imprimé à Milan par Bernardoni en 1881 ; Noble de la ville de Messine, imprimé à Naples en 1878 ; L'Armerista Italiano, imprimé à Milan en 1872, auquel se réfère Galluppi de noblesse ancienne et claire. Le fil généalogique rigoureusement documenté de cette illustre et très ancienne famille originaire de Sicile permet de reconstituer son origine à un personnage qui apparaît dans des documents historiques de l'époque, conservés dans les annales et archives de la même ville de, où elle a vécu tel que rapporté par le Filiberto ou d'autres écrivains et chercheurs historiques. Un Carlo était juge de l'Audience Royale de Messine 1683, ...
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BlazonCoffa
Variations Last name: Cioffo,Coffo
1. Coat of arms of family: Coffa
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azzurro, al monte di tre cime d'argento, movente dalla punta, caricato da due foglie di verde, passate con i gambi di nero in croce di S. Andrea, e sormontato nel capo da un'aquila spiegata d'oro.
Stemma della famiglia Coffa della Sicilia.
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’azzurro, al monte a tre cime d’oro, movente dalla punta e due ramoscelli di verde, nodriti sulle due cime laterali, sormontato da un’aquila, spiegata del secondo.
Coffo o Coffa e, probabilmente, anche Cioffo della Sicilia.
Fonte: "Nobiliario di Sicilia" di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912).
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