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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Baroni
Nobles in:Italia (Sicilia)
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La nobilissima famiglia Zappino si ritiene avere antichissime origini lucane, trasportata poi in terra di Sicilia nei gloriosi tempi del re Alfonso d'Aragona, per opera di un valoroso Giovanni Antonio, il quale, nell’anno del Signore 1454, si dice tenesse l’ufficio di castellano di Cosenza e, successivamente, fosse eletto capitano d’armi del Val di Mazzara, in quella medesima isola. Nel corso dei secoli, molti furono gli uomini illustri di tal casato che si distinsero per onore e virtù. Un Antonino Zappino fu senatore nella città di Palermo negli anni 1636 e 1637. Un altro, il nobile Francesco, per matrimonio contratto con la gentilissima Lucia Termini, divenne barone di Oliveri, e fu anch’egli più volte senatore di Palermo negli anni 1693-94, 1708-09, 1710-11, 1712-13, e in altre occasioni degnamente ricordate. Giovanni Zappino e Termini, anch’egli barone di Oliveri, seguì le orme dei suoi avi, esercitando l’ufficio senatoriale negli anni 1715-16, 1721-22-23, 1728-29-30, 1731-32, 1733-34-35 e in molte altre tornate, sempre con decoro e saviezza. Un altro Francesco Zappino resse con giustizia e prudenza il governo della Tavola di Palermo negli anni 1762 ...
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.
BlazonZappino
1. Crest of family: Zappino
Language of the text: Italiano
Di rosso all'albero sradicato sormontato da una stella di sei raggi e sostenuto da un leone coronato, il tutto d'oro.
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