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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Italia (Sicilia)
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Variations Last name: Cito,Zitoli
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, according to the tradition of Croatian origin, which has enjoyed nobility in Capua, Naples and Palermo, which has spread over the centuries in different regions of Italy. According to authoritative genealogists, the origin of this cognomination should be sought in a dialectal nickname, originating, in turn, from the term "zito" (= boyfriend). In any case, the clear nobility of the family is confirmed by its presence in the valuable work "Della Sicilia nobile", by Francesco Maria Emanuele, marquises of Villabianca. On the other hand, this family, in the unfolding of its luster, has always managed to produce a series of men who made his name famous, in public employment, in liberal and ecclesiastical professions and in military service. Among these, without risking anything to the value of the omitted, there are: Benedetto, jurist, flourishing in Capua, in 1564; Antonino Straticoziale judge; Alessandro, ...
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BlazonZito
Variations Last name: Cito,Zitoli
1. Coat of arms of family: Zito, Cito, Zitoli
Language of the text: Italiano
D'argento, con due mani al naturale vestite di verde trattenenti due ramoscelli dello stesso, accompagnate da tre rose di rosso poste una al capo e due in punta.
Stemma della famiglia Cito o Zito dalla Sicilia. Fonte: "Blasone In Sicilia ossia Raccolta Araldica" V. Palizzolo Gravina, Palermo 1871-75, p. 149.
Troncato di rosso e di verde, al leone rampante contro una colonna, sormontata da un giglio, il tutto d’oro.
Blasone della famiglia Cito o Zito in Sicilia. Fonte bibliografica: "Nobiliario di Sicilia" di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912) custodito presso la biblioteca centrale della regione Sicilia.
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