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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Cavalieri
Nobles in:Italia
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Ancient Sicilian family, of clear and ancestral virtue, which has spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy. The origin of this cognomination, to say the least of illustrious genealogists, should be sought, through dialectal alterations, in a nickname, originating over the Greek term "pityra" (= bran), perhaps because the progenitor was its producer or seller. In any case, this house was probably decorated with the knighthood, following the participation, under the Aragonese banners, characterized by courage and virtue, of an Ignazio Pittera in the war of Otranto, of 1481, against the Ottomans. But, on the other hand, the family, always, managed to distinguish itself, thanks to the elevated characters, to which it gave birth. Among these, we remember: Flavio, royal soldier, living in Syracuse, in 1398; Silvestro, secretary of King Ladislao D'Angiò Durazzo, living in 1414; James, soldier and family member of King Philip II; cav. Maurizio, doctor ...
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When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonPittera
Coat of arms of family
Language of the text: Italiano
Spaccato; nel primo di rosso al leone nascente dalla partizione d'oro, nel secondo scaccato di verde e d'oro.
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