FAMILY SANTJOAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Santjoan

Coat of arms and family crest of Santjoan.

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

History and meaning for Santjoan.

We know that the family name Santjoan has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Santjoan:

1) The origin of the family name Santjoan.

2) The meaning of the family name Santjoan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Santjoan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Santjoan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

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

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The history and heraldry of the family name Santjoan 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 Santjoan 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

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

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