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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Notabili
Nobles in:Italia
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Variations Last name: Li Voti,Livota,Vota
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
Ancient family with an illustrious history, intertwined with the noble events of Sicily, a land of excellent families and ancient lineages. Its origins date back to the noble Vota family, also Sicilian, with which it shares not only a common genealogical matrix but also a legacy of prestige and honor. We emphasize here how the surname Livoti has known variants of transcription over time, including 'Li Vota' and 'Livota'. One of the first attestations of its current form can be found in a document narrating a “magister Jacobi Livoti”, who flourished in 1511. Regarding the Vota family, from which, as I said, the Livoti are descended, it distinguished itself since the 15th century for the eminent role played by some of its representatives in the civic judiciary of the most important Sicilian cities. A Giovanni Nicolò Vota exercised the high office of senator in Messina in the year 1437-38, while another Giovanni, perhaps the same, held the same position in 1468-69. In Syracuse, a Santoro Vota, also known with the “Voltis” variant, was sworn in 1500-1501, testifying to the influence ...
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BlazonLivoti
Variations Last name: Li Voti,Livota,Vota
1. Crest of family: Livoti
Language of the text: Italiano
Partito; nel 1° d'oro, ad una torre di rosso cimata da un aquila di nero beccata, linguata e rostrata di rosso; nel 2° bandato d'argento e di rosso.
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2. Crest of family: Vota, Li Vota, Volta, Livoti, Voltis
Language of the text: Italiano
Bandato d'argento e di rosso.
Fonte "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.III, pag. 111, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
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