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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Italia (Sicilia)
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
Ancienne et très noble famille sicilienne, avec résidence principale à Palerme, de vertu claire et aita, répartie, au cours des siècles, dans différentes régions d'Italie. L'origine de ce patronyme, selon des généalogistes faisant autorité, doit être recherchée dans un surnom grec, issu d'une altération dialectale du terme grec ancien « σκεψις » (skèpis = pensée, réflexion), attribué à des fondateurs insérés dans un poste de gouvernement ou participants aux rencontres culturelles. La noblesse évidente de la famille est confirmée par sa présence dans le précieux ouvrage "Blasone di Sicilia", de Palizzolo Gravina qui, reprenant divers historiens, tels que Minutoli, Inveges et Mugnos, mentionne une noble famille Schepis, originaire de Sicile, qui vivait à Palerme. Une branche remarquable de la famille, mentionnée par Crollalanza dans les volumes de son "Dictionnaire historique-blasonique des familles nobles et notables italiennes, éteintes et florissantes", s'est plutôt installée à S. Lucia del Mela, dans la région ...
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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.
BlazonSchepis
1. Coat of arms of family: Schepis
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azzurro, al leone d'oro; col capo cucito del primo, caricato di tre stelle d'argento.
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