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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles - Marquises
Nobles in:Italy (Piedmont)
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Variations Last name: Carassi
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
Ancient and noble Italian family, originally from Bene but then moved to Fossano, both Piedmontese municipalities in the Cuneo area, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has worldwide spread, over the centuries. Known in heraldic registries as Carrassi, over time its many branches had sometimes been transcribed differently. Among the attested forms emerge Varrassi and Carazzo; more rare, but also attested, the forms Carasso, Varasso and Carrozza. The first family member we know of is Carlo, treasurer of the House of HRH until 1638. We also remember: Onorato, notary and benefactor of the Church of Bene; Giorgio, from Bene, judge and councillor of the waters of Bene, regent vicar of Fossano and property tax lawyer of Fossano; Giovanni Michele, Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, first assistant of the Chamber of HRH and commander of Bene, who bought the fiefdom of Pramolo. His son Carlo Giovanni Luigi ...
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BlazonVarrassi
Variations Last name: Carassi
1. Coat of arms of family: Varassi
Language of the text: English
Quarterly; 1° and 4° gules; 2° argent, a cross flory, gules, 3° argent.
Quarterly, 1° and 4° azure, a comet per pale, or, 2° and 3° argent, two branches of vine per saltire fructed, leaved and slipped proper. Crest: the branches of the 2° pruned. Motto: Gemendo Germinat.
Source: "Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana di V. Spreti" Vol. II page 339.
Quarterly, 1° and 4° azure, a comet per bend, or, 2° and 3° argent, two branches of vine per saltire fructed, leaved and slipped proper. Crest: the branches of the 2° pruned. Motto: DIE NOCTUQUE LUCESCIT
Alias of the family (deed of notoriety of February 27, 1894). Source: "Il Patriziato Subalpino" by Antonio Manno, Florence, 1895-1906.
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