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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri
Nobles in:Italia
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Ancient Campania family, of clear and ancestral virtue, which has spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy. The origin of this cognomination, in the name of illustrious genealogists, should be sought in the late Latin nomen "Modestus", probably belonging to a, today unknown, progenitor. We must, however, specify that, according to tradition, the progenitor of this family should be traced in the famous Roman jurisconsult Elio Floriano Erennio Modestino (mid III century - ...), born in the Greek language part of the Roman Empire, probably in Dalmatia , who was a student of Ulpiano, active during the first half of the III century AD. Between 226 and 244 he was "praefectus vigilum" of Rome, while from 227 to 228 he was tutor of Maximinus the young, son of the emperor Maximinus Trace. In any case, this house was probably decorated with the knighthood, following the participation, under the ...
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BlazonModestino
Coat of arms of family
Language of the text: Italiano
Tagliato; nel primo d'argento al leone di nero coronato d'oro, nel secondo d'azzurro alla torre al naturale di due palchi, sul tutto una sbarra di rosso attraversante sul tagliato.
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