FAMILY FIOL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Fiol

Coat of arms and family crest of Fiol.

Genealogy of family Fiol, origin of Fiol, provenance of the family name Fiol.

History and meaning for Fiol.

Fiol is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Fiol an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Fiol:

1) The origin of the family name Fiol.

2) The meaning of the family name Fiol.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Fiol.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Fiol.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Fiol has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

It is known that the Fiol have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Catalonia (Spain).

* The Island of Mallorca (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Fiol:

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Nobiliario Mallorquin, by Joaquin Maria Bover.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Fiol appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Fiol. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Fiol.

The Nobiliario Mallorquin written by Joaquin Maria Bover, where is the heraldry and history of the family name Fiol, born from the need to fix and disseminate the more or less noble lineages of Mallorca and its blazon, and the desire to reinforce the prestige of the family name Fiol with the relation of the deeds of their ancestors. Joaquin Mª Bover relates in this book more or less relevant persons with the name Fiol by historical facts without the need of links with nobiliary corporations or military orders, therefore combines data of the name Fiol about bourgeois, peasants, workers, Jews, nobles, etc. and all this adorned with their blazons, always using as sources, armorial and specialized knowledge of the author, since this is of recognized heraldic capacity and considers heraldry as an inescapable auxiliary science of History.

The history and heraldry of the family name Fiol appears in the work "Solar catalan, valenciano y balear", by brothers Garcia Carraffa, so the persons with this family name are of Catalan origin or from other places and settled in Catalonia (Spain). The history and heraldry of the family name Fiol appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

2) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

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