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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Conti
Nobles in:Italia (Basilicata)
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Variations Last name: Saraceno
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
Früher Gerifalca und später Saraceno genannt, nahm er den neuen Nachnamen an, weil ein tapferer Kapitän gegen einen tapferen Sarazenen gewonnen hatte. 1154 erhielt ein Tommaso Saraceno ein Lehen vom Grafen von Tricarico, Ruggero Sanseverino. In der Seitenfassade der Kathedrale von Matera sind noch die Überreste eines Denkmals oder Sarkophags (Sepulcrum Judicis Saraceni) aus dem Jahr 1270 zu sehen. Ein Giovan-Michele Saraceno wurde von Papst Julius III. Zum Kardinal von SR Chiesa ernannt, von dem er den Verzicht auf Erzbistum Matera zugunsten seines Enkels Sigismund. Es war Brauch der ältesten Familien, die nach dem Untergang des Römischen Reiches in dieser Flut der Barbaren, deren Nachnamen sowie ihre Studien und andere schöne Dinge verloren gingen und nur mit einfachen Namen zurückblieben, ihre Nachnamen wieder zeichneten und ihre Familie mit väterlichen Eigennamen und von den wichtigsten. ...
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BlazonGerifalca
Variations Last name: Saraceno
1. Coat of arms of family: Gerifalca
Language of the text: Italiano
D'argento, alla testa di Moro al naturale, cinta d'azzurro, con un giglio d'oro sulla fronte.
Blasone della famiglia Gerifalca e, successivamente, Saraceno in Basilicata. Fonte bibliografica: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.II, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
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