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FAMILY PORCALLO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Porcallo.

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

History and meaning for Porcallo.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Porcallo.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Porcallo.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Porcallo:

1) The origin of the family name Porcallo.

2) The meaning of the family name Porcallo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Porcallo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Porcallo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Estremadura (Spain).

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

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

* Nobiliario de Extremadura, by Adolfo Barredo de Valenzuela y Arrojo, and Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez.

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Name Porcallo

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

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Porcallo 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 Porcallo. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Porcallo.

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

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

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

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

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

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

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

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