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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles - Counts
Nobles in:Italy (Puglia (Molfetta))
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Ancient and noble Italian family, originally from Puglia, which flourished nobly in Molfetta, Foggia and Canosa di Puglia. A branch moved to Calabria, more precisely in Mormanno, where it was sometimes transcribed only as Minerva, and there received the title of Counts in person Don Francesco M., by decree issued by His Majesty Francis II of Bourbon, in 1861. Legend has it that the family descended from Titus Artorius Minervalis, whose name appears on the bronze table of the "Ordo Decurionum" of the city of Canosa, dated 223 AD, in the "cursus onorum" on the seventh line between the "Aedilicii", those responsible for public construction. Over the centuries the family has distinguished itself thanks to numerous illustrious personalities, who have held important ecclesiastical, political and military offices. Francesco Minervini, Captain of the Micheletti corps, irregular militias from Catalonia and Valencia, was declared noble of the Holy Roman Empire with a ...
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BlazonMinervini
1. Coat of arms of family: Minervini
Language of the text: English
Quarterly; 1.° argent, an owl soutenu par an oak branch per fesse, proper; 2.° barry azure and gules; 3.° barry argent and gules; 4.° azure, a lion, or. Motto: Benefacere et laetari
Sources: "Memorie delle famiglie nobili delle province meridionali d'Italia" Volume 6 collected by count Berardo Candida-Gonzaga, edited by G. de Angelis e son, 1882; "Blasonario delle famiglie nobili e notabili di Molfetta e dintorni".
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