Santacilia 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 Santacilia 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 Santacilia:
1) The origin of the family name Santacilia.
2) The meaning of the family name Santacilia.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Santacilia.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Santacilia.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Santacilia 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 Santacilia have or have been established, among other places, in:
* Catalonia (Spain).
* The Island of Mallorca (Spain).
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Santacilia:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility
* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.
* Nobiliario Mallorquin, by Joaquin Maria Bover.
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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 Santacilia:
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Coat of arms for Santacilia and the history and origin for the family name Santacilia in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.
The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Santacilia are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Santacilia, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Santacilia, and origin for the family name Santacilia, nobiliary titles of the family name Santacilia and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Santacilia appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.
The family crest and coat of arms of Santacilia appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Santacilia alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Santacilia, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Santacilia, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Santacilia.The Nobiliario Mallorquin written by Joaquin Maria Bover, where is the heraldry and history of the family name Santacilia, 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 Santacilia with the relation of the deeds of their ancestors. Joaquin Mª Bover relates in this book more or less relevant persons with the name Santacilia by historical facts without the need of links with nobiliary corporations or military orders, therefore combines data of the name Santacilia 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 Santacilia 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 Santacilia 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) 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:
* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.
* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.
* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.
* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.
* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.
* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.
* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.
* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.
* The family name Santacilia 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 Santacilia as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Santacilia
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All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.
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