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Spadafora would seem typical of the area of the Strait of Messina, with a strain in the Cosentino, but with secondary strains in Piedmont, Spatafora is Sicilian Palermo and Trapani in particular with a strain also in the Catanese, are two forms of the same surname that you It refers to a noble house of Greek origin that includes dukes, princes and barons of various feudal and Sicilian feuds and which gave its name in 1459 to the toponym Spadafora (ME), appearing for the first time as feudatories in the Catania in 1296 with the Baron Damiano Spadafora who obtains the feud of Randazzo, founder appears to be Basil Spadafora, captain of the guard of the Byzantine Emperor Isauro Komnenos, became Exarch in Sicily in 1058. They should derive from the Greek word for the one who carries the sword, although in some cases they could directly derive from the name Spadafora in the Messina.
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