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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Italia
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Variations Last name: Gentile
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
Two illustrious families of this name originated in Italy: one in the Apulia region, the other in Genoa. Tracce della familgia can be found in Sicily, in Catanzaro, the homeland of Canon Monsignor Felice Antonio, and in the main cities of Italy. It is therefore natural that the members of the family had relations with Venice: this was especially the case in the 14th century when commercial life intensified in the lagoons. On 11 April 1364 Luca G., a Genoese nobleman, in the courtyard of the house of Andrea Trevisano, representing the municipality of Venice, assisted in the rental of a nock (ship) to transport the militias to Corone. At that time the Gentiles (called in the Venetian dialect G. or Zentili) originating from Pesaro, had already lived in Venice; they were enrolled in the School of Charity, and in 1398 they obtained citizenship. Also in those times, Antonio testified ...
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BlazonZentili
Variations Last name: Gentile
1. Coat of arms of family: Gentile
Language of the text: Italiano
Cinque punti d'oro equipollenti a quattro d'azzurro. Cimiero: Aquila di nero nascente, armata, linguata e coronata d'oro.
Blasone della famiglia Gentile origianri di Liguria e Toscana. Fonti: "Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana di V. SPRETI" Vol. III pag. 396, "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol. primo, pag. 465, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1890. Note: si trova anche la forma Zentili, prevalentemente in Veneto.
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