On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Santa coloma.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Santa coloma.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Santa coloma:
1) The origin of the family name Santa coloma.
2) The meaning of the family name Santa coloma.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Santa coloma.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Santa coloma.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Santa coloma has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
Persons with the name Santa coloma proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.
It is known that the Santa coloma have or have been established, among other places, in:
* Galicia (Spain).
* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).
* Catalonia (Spain).
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Santa coloma:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.
* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.
* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.
* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Santa coloma 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 Santa coloma. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Santa coloma.
The history and heraldry of the family name Santa coloma 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 Santa coloma appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.
The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Santa coloma appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Santa coloma so the Santa coloma or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.
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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.
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.
* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.
* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.
* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.
* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.
* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.
* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.
* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.
* The family name Santa coloma 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 Santa coloma as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Santa coloma
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