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Braccio
Variations Last name: Brazzio,Brazzi,Brazzius
Coat of arms of family Braccio Nobles: Italia (Calabria - Puglia - Basilicata)
Nobility: Nobili - Signori
Language of the text: Italiano

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Braccio
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Blazon:
(Italiano)
D'azzurro, al destrocherio armato d'oro, impugnante una mazza, accostata nel capo da due stelle, il tutto dello stesso, ed in punta da un crescente montante d'argento.

Braccio
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Blazon:
(Italiano)
In campo azzurro con un braccio d’argento tenente in mano uno scettro di oro con due stelle di oro sopra ed la mezzaluna d’argento sotto.

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BRACCI | BRACCIO

Bracci, very common in the central belt, Braccio seems to have more stocks, in Puglia, in Campania and in Calabria, they derive from the apheresis of the medieval name Fortebraccio, we find traces of this use for example in 1400 with Braccio di Fortebraccio da Montone Captain of Ventura commander of the militias in the pay of the Bolognese lords and of the Pope's mercenaries. integrations provided by Mario Bracci Devoti His son Bartolomeo Bracci 1469, Agostino Domenico dei Bracci 1553, Bartolomeo Bracci 1640 moved to Rome with his son Pietro under the protection of Cardinal Poli, his countryman. His son Bartolomeo Cesare lives in Palazzo Lante in Sant'Eustachio. The son Pietro (1700-1773) maximum Roman sculptor author of the Trevi fountain. his son Virginio (1748-1815) chief architect of the council of good governance. The son Emilio, a senior Vatican official. The son Luigi Nicola, lawyer of the Tsar with the Vatican, first-class knight of the order of Sant'Anna. The son Costantino Bracci-Devoti knight of the crown of Italy and of the order of the Saints Maurizio and Lazzaro. The son Carlo high official of the Ministry of Aeronautics. The writer, architect Mario Bracci-Devoti. The historical memory of the family traces the progenitor, Bracciu, from a relationship between Fortebraccio and a Trinci di Foligno. The house of Braccio in Cascia, of which the Trinci were lords, the strong friendship between the two families and the name Bartolomeo, like the count Bartolomeo Trinci killed in treachery in 1421, are elements that prove a memory handed down orally by many centuries.

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


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