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FAMILY SANTO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Santo.

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

History and meaning for Santo.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Santo:

1) The origin of the family name Santo.

2) The meaning of the family name Santo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Santo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Santo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Santo proved their chivalry in this institution.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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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 Santo:

Name Santo

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

coat of arms sticker for Santo

Coat of arms for the name Santo 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 Santo 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 Santo. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Santo.

That the last name Santo is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Santo are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Santo, to know the fights of nobility of the Santo, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Santo, honorary offices or public offices of the Santo.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Santo has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Santo and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Santo have some different spelling.

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

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:

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

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

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

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