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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Italia
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Ligurian family of ancient and noble tradition, called Semeria, Semero or Semeri, originally from Castile and spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy. The derivation of this cognominization is doubtful. It could refer to the Italianization of a French surname Semler, which refers to a term of Germanic origin semmel (baker), in turn derived from the Latin word simila (oatmeal flour), a second hypothesis would make it derive from a variation of the term Samaria, a mountainous region of Palestine located between Galilee and Judea, and could in this case refer to a veteran of a Crusade, but the most probable hypothesis remains a derivation from the Hebrew name Shemer (Guardian). that this family came to Italy with the escort of the king of Castile, D. San Ferdinando, in 1245. The references in this family seem to be greater from the 15th to the 19th century, in particular, ...
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