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Orfei
ref: 14919

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Partito; nel primo d'azzurro a una lira d'oro (alias d'argento) sostenuta dalle tre cime di un monte d'argento sormontata da una stella (alias 6) del medesimo; nel secondo al cane bracco rampante.

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Orfei is typical of the belt that includes in the Ancona area, Fabriano and Genga, Umbria and Lazio, with maximum concentration in Rome and Vicovaro (RM), Orpheus is decidedly from Naples and Naples, deriving from the Greek name Orfeus, trait name from mythology, Orpheus is considered by Pindar the father of music.

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

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