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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Principi
Nobles in:Italia - Malta (Regno di Sicilia)
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Variations Last name: Messina
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 and noble Sicilian family, of clear and ancestral virtue, whose branch has flourished nobly also in Malta, where it was counted among the princely lineages. The progenitor is found in a Corrado, head of the guard of King Pietro d'Aragona. In Sicily the family owned the fiefdoms of Gurafi, Comichi and Crucifia. A Giovan Luca, for the death of his father Giovan Bernardo, had the position of notary of the portulan royal office, for the privilege of January 30, 1519; a Pietro, with privilege given on 10 November 1539, executed on 16 December 1547, was appointed royal secret of Noto; a Michael, on 10 July 1548, was appointed creditor of the meat gabelle of Noto and he himself, with the privilege of 29 May 1548, had obtained the concession of the title of royal knight with the recognition and growth of the noble coat of arms; a Pietro Antonio ...
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BlazonMessana
Variations Last name: Messina
1. Coat of arms of family: Messina o Messana (Sicilia, Malta)
Language of the text: Italiano
Di rosso, alla croce d'oro, col mare in punta agitato d'argento.
Citato in "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol. secondo, pag. 133, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1890.
Spaccato, d'argento e di rosso, al leone di nero nel primo, e d'oro nel secondo, tenente colla branca anteriore destra un bisante dello stesso.
Blasone della famiglia Messana o Messina di Sicilia e Malta. Fonti bibliografiche: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol. secondo, pag. 133, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1890; "Malta Illustrata. Accresciuta Dal Cte G.a. Ciantar" di Giovanni Francesco Abela.
Di rosso, al leone al naturale, movente da un mare d’azzurro, agitato d’argento, sostenente colle branche anteriori un’ancora di nero, sormontata da tre stelle d’oro, ordinate in capo.
Citato in " Nobiliario di Sicilia di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo, 1915-1970" .
Spaccato, d'argento e di rosso, al leone di nero nel primo, e d'oro nel secondo, tenente colla branca anteriore destra un bisante dello stesso.
Blasone della famiglia Messana o Messina di Sicilia e Malta. Fonti bibliografiche: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol. secondo, pag. 133, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1890; "Malta Illustrata. Accresciuta Dal Cte G.a. Ciantar" di Giovanni Francesco Abela.
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