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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
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Ancient and very noble Amalfi family, of clear and ancestral virtue, lady of the land of Ravello, spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy. The origin of this surname, according to authoritative genealogists, should be sought precisely in the toponym "Amalfi", derived, in turn, from Melfi, a Lucanian maritime village abandoned by Roman refugees in the fourth century. AD, or from the Roman gens Amarfia of the 1st century. AD The first attestations of this surname are already in 1193, reading, in a parchment: "Anno ab incarnation eius thousandth nonagesimo third and fourth year regni domini nostra Tancredi Dei gratia magnifici regis Sicilie, ducatus Apulie, principatus Capue Magistro navia longa Nycolao fìlius quondam Marphelle ... "(= The master of warships Nicola son of the so-called Marfella ....). In another parchment, from the year 1260, we read: "In nomine Domini our Jesu Christi Anno ab incarnation eius thousandth ducentth ...
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BlazonMarfella
1. Coat of arms of family: Marfella
Language of the text: Italiano
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