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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri - Signori - Conti
Nobles in:Spagna - Italia (Catalogna - Piemonte)
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Variations Last name: Viana,Viani
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 very noble family of Southern Italy, originating however from Spain, of clear and ancestral virtue, spread over the centuries in various European regions. The first vestiges left by the family are found in Catalonia in the 12th century. And in fact legend has it that the first passage in Italy took place through a Catalan knight in the retinue of Ramón Berenguer III. In Italy the family is mainly known as Viano but the Viani and Viana forms are also attested. We can identify numerous lines, all resident in Piedmont. The oldest, now extinct, flourished in Asti. The most conspicuous, and still flourishing, had its cradle in that of Rivarolo and was able to boast the title of Counts of Ovrano. Alessio Viano, notary, is the first of whom we have certain genealogical data. He died on December 19, 1680, after having had confirmation of the noble nobility, ...
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BlazonViano
Variations Last name: Viana,Viani
1. Coat of arms of family: Viani, Viana, Viano
Language of the text: Italiano
Troncato al 1° d’argento a due tralci di vite di uva rossa decussati e ridecussati; al 2° d’oro a tre bande di rosso, colla fascia sulla partizione, di azzurro, carica di tre stelle d’oro. Cimiero: Il guerriero colla lancia; nascente. Motto: TERRA.VI.VIRTUTE.COELUM.
Blasone della famiglia Viano, Viana o Viani in Piemonte. Fonte bibliografica: "Il Patriziato Subalpino" di Antonio Manno, Firenze, 1895-1906.
D'azzurro, a tre spade d'argento, manicate di nero, ordinate in fascia
Blasone della famiglia Viano, fonte bibliografica: "Repertorio de blasones de la comunidad hispanica - letras S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z" Vicente De Cadenas y Vicent Instituto Salazar y Castro.
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