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Nobility: Nobles - Lords - Barons - Dukes
Nobles in:Italy (Kingdom of Sicily)
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Ancient and noble family from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has worldwide spread, over the centuries. The major settlement of the family was in Calabria and, more precisely, in the cities of Reggio and Catanzaro but also in other neighboring smaller towns. It then established noble marriage relationships with the most illustrious local families. In particular, the relationship between the Papalia family and that of the Gambacorta, a very noble Sicilian family that arrived in Calabria in the sixteenth century, is very close. The origin of this surname is to be found in the union between the name "Papa," often used in Southern Italy with the meaning of father, and the personal "Elia", which probably belonged to a mythical progenitor. Furthermore, the Papalia family is counted among those of the Barons and Feudal Lords of the Neapolitan area, in 1670, for the Province ...
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BlazonPapalia
1. Coat of arms of family: Papalia
Language of the text: English
Azure, a pastoral staff and a crosier, or, per saltire between a mitre of the same in chief and three felur-de-lys, argent, per fesse in base.
D’azzurro, al leone bandato d’argento e di nero, di otto pezzi; col capo cucito di rosso, alla croce di Calatrava d’argento. Divisa: IN HOC SIGNO CUM LEONE OMNIA VINCES.
Blasone della famiglia Gamabcorta nel Regno di Sicilia. Fonte bibliografica: "Nobiliario di Sicilia" di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912) custodito presso la biblioteca centrale della regione Sicilia.
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