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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Baroni
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Ancient and illustrious Sicilian family, originally from Adernò. It wants the tradition that it originated from Spain, where it resided under another name and that the leader of it, taking part in the first Crusade for the conquest of the Holy Land, assumed the name of Spedalieri. However an Antonio Spedalieri, a royal soldier in 1465, and residing in Palermo, obtained permission from King John of Aragon, together with the Gioeni, to arm triremes to fight the Saracens at his own expense. His son Giovan Vincenzo was vicar general of the kingdom and in 1500 he passed with the fam. to Adernò as governor. Here the Spitaleri family was invested with the titles of baron of the Cisterna with Antonio, on February 26th. 1636; of Baron of Muglia with Giovanni Vincenzo, on 2 January 1637; of Baron of Intorrella with Giuseppe, on June 25, 1663; of Baron of Gabarbaro with ...
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BlazonSpitaleri
1. Coat of arms of family: Spitaleri
Language of the text: Italiano
Di rosso, al leone tenente colle zampe anteriori, e per la lama, una spada alta; il leone sostenuto dalla pianura ondulata e fissante un sole orizzontale a destra; il tutto d'oro
Blasone della famiglia Spitaleri nobile in Sicilia. Fonti: "Nobiliario di Sicilia" di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912); "Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana di V. SPRETI" vol. VI.
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