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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Baroni - Marchesi - Nobili
Nobles in:Italia (Veneto - Regno di Napoli - Regno di Sicilia)
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Variations Last name: Bonifazio,Fummino
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
This original Neapolitan family was previously called Fummino, and having given the Church the Pope S. Bonifacio V in the year 619, the descendants were called Bonifacio and left the primitive surname. He enjoyed nobility in the cities of Naples at the Seggi di Montagna and Portanova, Messina, and Scala. This family reached its peak under Frederick II emperor. It was received in the Order of Malta in 1541. Monuments of it are seen in Naples in the Churches of S. Lorenzo, S. Agostino, S. Severino and Donnaromita. The Baronies owned by this family include those of Bonifazio, Casale, Casalnuovo, Centora, Francavilla, Frignano, Graniti, Sampiero di Monforte, Saponara. Among the counties, those of Bavusa, Ripacandida, Valdini. Among the Marquisates, that of Oria. Families related to B. turn out to be the Balsamo, Barrile, Castagna, Lagreca, Moncada, Polluno, Ventimiglia and others. Bartolomeo B., a feudal lord under King Manfredi in 1260, ...
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BlazonBonifacio
Variations Last name: Bonifazio,Fummino
1. Coat of arms of family: Bonifacio, Bonifazio
Language of the text: Italiano
D'oro a quattro pali di rosso; con la banda d' argento attraversante.
Blasone della famiglia Bonifacio o Bonifazio in Sicilia. Fonte bibliografica: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.I, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
Di azzurro alla banda scaccata di oro e di rosso accompagnata da due leoni di argento.
Blasone della famiglia Bonifacio anticamente detta Fummino. Fonte bibliografica: "Memorie delle famiglie nobili delle province meridionali" del conte Berardo Candida Gonzaga, pag. 120 alla voce "Bonifacio".
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