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Ancient and noble Sicilian family, known since the XVI century, named Rapisarda or Rapisardi, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has worldwide spread, over the centuries. A Giuseppe, son of Matteo, from Santa Lucia (Mascalucia, Catania), with royal privilege of 26 March 1776, obtained the concession of the title of Baron of Sant'Antonio; Giuseppe, Benedetto and Salvatore, physician, were sworn in Santa Lucia (Mascalucia, Catania) in 1812-13. With the Ministerial Decree June 7, 1900, Matteo obtained the recognition of the title of Baron of Sant'Antonio. The aforementioned Matteo in 1868 had married Maria Auteri and was the father of Gaspare, born in Mascalucia 1869, husband (October 22, 1898) of Caterina Carnazza, and father of Matteo Giuseppe, born in Catania on August 19, 1899. Other famous exponents of the family: Michele Rapisardi (Catania, 1822 - Florence, 1886), painter and exponent of Romanticism; Mario Rapisardi (Catania, February 25, 1844 - January 4, ...
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BlazonRapisarda
1. Coat of arms of family: Rapisarda
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Argent, a tree on a mount in base grassy on the dexter side, senestré par a lion crowned holding a mace, proper.
Coat of arms of family Rapisarda. Source: "Nobiliario di Sicilia" by Antonio Mango of Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912) preserved by "la biblioteca centrale della regione Sicilia".
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