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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Conti - Nobili
Nobles in:Italia - Egitto (Liguria - Sicilia - Cairo)
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Variations Last name: Raffa,Raffo di Caffana,Raffo di Casana
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
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Raffo
Variations Last name: Raffa,Raffo di Caffana,Raffo di Casana
The Raffo family is an ancient and noble lineage native to Liguria, with roots in Cogorno near Chiavari, Cassana, Moneglia and the Polcevera Valley, and with family branches that also settled in Sicily and Egypt. It has been certified in Genoa since the 14th century. Enrico, formerly Vegio, held the position of mayor in agreements with Savona, being then chancellor of the Serenissima Republic of Genoa; Paolo, also formerly Vegio, was sent on a diplomatic mission, with others, to the queen of Cyprus; Giovanni, captain of architects, was in charge of reorganizing the Genoese army; Raphael commanded a jail against the Catalans; in 1528 Antonio de Cassana was assigned to the Hotel De Marini and Giacomo to the Albergo Pallavicino, but their respective descendants died out. Benedict, originally from Cogorno, moved to Reppia in 1580, becoming a jamb of that local branch; Benedict, son of the late Antonio, endowed the church of Sant'Apollinare in Reppia; Giovanni was president of the council of Piacenza; Giovanni, son of the late Bartolomeo, from Terisso, known as the Cremonese, left chaplains to the church ...
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BlazonRaffo
Variations Last name: Raffa,Raffo di Caffana,Raffo di Casana
1. Crest of family: Raffo, Raffo di Casana, Raffo di Cafana
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azzurro al capriolo cucito di rosso accostato da 4 gigli d'oro, tre in capo male ordinati e uno in punta.
Stemma della famiglia Raffo (Raffo di Cafana ,Raffo di Casana). Fonti Bibliografiche: Disegno dello stemma nel manoscritto cartaceo del XVII secolo (1680) "La università delle insegne ligustiche delineate da Gio. Andrea Musso" custodito presso la Biblioteca Berio di Genova; "Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana di V. Spreti"; "Raccolta di stemmi di molte città e famiglie italiane, delle nazioni e case regnanti, e di quelli da cui uscirono nei diversi tempi Roma e le sue regioni" di Giovanni De Marchis. Manoscritto conservato presso Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma.
D’azzurro, allo scaglione cucito di rosso, accompagnato da quattro gigli d’oro, tre ordinati nel capo ed uno in punta.
Stemma della famiglia Raffo (Raffa). 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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