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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Conti - Signori
Nobles in:Italia (Piemonte)
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Variations Last name: Gottofredi
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
La très noble lignée de Gottofredo, dont le nom se trouve également, dans certaines sources, sous la forme de Gottofredi, tire ses origines anciennes des terres du Piémont, berceau de lignées anciennes et de souvenirs glorieux. L'illustre historien et héraldiste Comendator G. B. di Crollalanza le mentionne dans son précieux ouvrage « Dictionnaire historico-blasonique des familles nobles et notables italiennes éteintes et florissantes », volume deux, publié à Pise l'Année du Seigneur 1888 sous la direction du Journal héraldique. Dans ce savant effort, l'auteur atteste que la famille Gottofredo a reçu le titre de comtes de Settimo Vittone, ainsi que de seigneurs de Buronzo, terres qui témoignent de la splendeur ancienne et de la noble autorité exercée par cette maison au cours des siècles passés. Leur devise, miroir de l'âme et de l'honneur familial, ressemble à ceci : « Divo Iove auctore sequimur acta patrum », ce qui, dans la langue des Nos Pères, peut être compris : « Avec le divin Jupiter pour guide, nous suivons les exploits de nos ancêtres ». C'est ainsi que se perpétue, à travers les mots et les siècles, la mémoire d'une ...
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BlazonGottofredo
Variations Last name: Gottofredi
1. Crest of family: Gottofredo
Language of the text: Italiano
Spaccato di nero e d'argento, al leone dall'uno nell'altro, linguato, armato e immaschito di rosso. Cimiero: Un leone nascente d'argento, armato e linguato di rosso. Motto: Divo iove auctore sequimur acta patrum.
Fonte: "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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