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Question: Horse jumping through hoop in coat of arms!?
What is suppossedly my family's coat of arms has a very unusual design!. It has a white horse jumping though a hoop!. The background is red and around it are the words Rebellatus, audax, honore, afficiens!. The family is from Northern Italy and supposedly the name originates from a group of rebels who moved away from the Roman rule and formed their own community, hence the Latin "Rebellatus"
A copy of this crest came to my father as he was gathering family information!. We don't know if this is accurate and I can't find any information on the subject on-line!.
Does anyone know anything about italian heraldry!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Stay away from online resources!. They're notoriously error-filled, especially House of Names!. Go to a good library and find a book on Italian heraldry!. If they don't have it on their shelves, order it through Interlibrary loan!. If the name isn't published in a reputable Italian resource, it isn't legitimate!. also know that Italy didn't have surnames until the last 450 years!. Anything claiming to be older than that isn't listing a legitmate coat of arms related to anyone with your surname!. It's pure fiction or a very long stretch of the imagination!. Hereditary coats of arms were much more a British "thing" than Italian or Mediterranean!. Be suspect of anything until you prove it's not only legitimate, but also legitimately tied to your own line of your family!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
no i dunnoWww@QuestionHome@Com