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Calfapietra

Nobles: Italia (Calabria - Sicilia)
Nobility: Baroni
Language of the text: Italiano

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Calfapietra
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partito: nel 1° d’azzurro, a tre stelle d’argento, ordinate in palo; nel 2° di rosso, alla torre d’oro, poggiata al fianco destro sopra scogli al naturale, mo-venti dalla punta, cimata di una crocetta a doppia traversa incrociata di nero, con la scala d’oro, caricata dal leone saliente dello stesso, appoggiata in banda alla torre.

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CALFAPIETRA

Calfapietra has a Roman stock and one in the Reggio area, it should derive from a nickname with the meaning of scaldapietre, probably attributed to a progenitor considered to be a slacker.

Bibliographic source "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/

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