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The noble Moricca family, an ancient lineage originating in the Marches and established in Calabria since at least 1270, belongs to that class of houses which united dignity of blood with honor in public service and intellectual distinction. From the hills of central Italy to the sunlit lands of the South, their name accompanies the history of enlightened landowners and respected jurists, guardians alike of the soil and of the law, of ancestral memory and of civic order. The surname Moricca is generally connected to the medieval name-family derived from Maurus or Moro, terms once referring either to dark complexion or to foreign origin, to which was added the suffix -icca, typical of certain central and southern Italian regions and often used with familial or affectionate nuance. The name thus likely arose from a personal sobriquet, later becoming a hereditary designation and, over time, the mark of a distinct lineage whose sound and form were preserved through its southern Italian settlement. In Calabria, the Moricca appear among the nobility of Catanzaro as “fuori piazza” (literally, “outside the piazza”: noble families ...
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BlazonMoricca
1. Crest of family: Moricca
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Argent, a fesse vert between two stars of six (or height) points and a lion contourné of the same.
Coat of Arms of family Moricca. Bibliographic sources: "Repertorio de blasones de la comunidad hispánica" by Vicente De Cadenas y Vicent, Salazar y Castro Institute; "Blasonario delle piazze chiuse della Calabria: Catanzaro, Cosenza e Tropea" by Luciano Moricca Caputo.
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