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FAMILY POPA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Popa.

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

History and meaning for Popa.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Popa have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Popa.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Popa:

1) The origin of the family name Popa.

2) The meaning of the family name Popa.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Popa.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Popa.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Popa:

Name Popa

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Popa.
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Coat of arms for Popa and the history and origin for the family name Popa in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

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Coat of arms for the name Popa in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The family name Popa appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Popa has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Popa arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Popa are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Popa are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Popa have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* 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.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* The family name Popa appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Popa as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Popa

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