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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Baroni
Nobles in:Italia (Sicilia)
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
Famille sicilienne ancienne et très noble, de vertu claire et ancestrale, connue sous le nom de Vita ou Di Vita, répartie au cours des siècles dans diverses régions d'Italie. L'origine de ce patronyme, selon les généalogistes faisant autorité, doit être recherchée dans le patronyme, d'origine latine, "Vitus", probablement apporté par un géniteur, aujourd'hui inconnu. En tout cas, cette illustre famille, qui jouissait de la noblesse à Messine, Randazzo et Lentini, selon les mots de Mugnos, brillait déjà au XIIIe siècle, ou quand fleurissait un Gerardo, capitaine de quatre cents chevaux, sous le roi Pierre d'Aragon, qui nous trouvons aussi castellano di Matagrifone, à Messine, par concession du roi Jacques, en 1291. D'autre part, cette famille, au fil des décennies, a toujours réussi à produire une série d'hommes qui ont rendu son nom célèbre dans les emplois publics, dans les professions libérales et ecclésiastiques et dans le service militaire. Parmi ceux-ci, ...
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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.
BlazonDi Vita
1. Coat of arms of family: Vita
Language of the text: Italiano
D’azzurro, alla vite al naturale impalata e fruttifera d’oro.
Fonti Bibliografiche: "Nobiliario di Sicilia" di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912); "Blasone In Sicilia ossia Raccolta Araldica" V. Palizzolo Gravina, Palermo 1871-75, p. 381; "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.III, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
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