On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Badia.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Badia.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Badia:
1) The origin of the family name Badia.
2) The meaning of the family name Badia.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Badia.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Badia.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Badia has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
Persons with the name Badia proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.
It is known that the Badia have or have been established, among other places, in:
* Canary Islands (Spain).
* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).
* Catalonia (Spain).
* Catalonia (Spain).
* Italy.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Badia:
* 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.
* Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna, by Augusto Cuartas.
* 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.
* Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti, by Gofredo di Crollalanza.
* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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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 Badia:
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Coat of arms for Badia and the history and origin for the family name Badia in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.
The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Badia, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Badia corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Badia of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Badia 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 Badia. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Badia.
The book "Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna" by Augusto Cuartas, where the history and heraldry of the name Badia appears, describes Catalan lineages and family names, such as name Badia. Covers the birthplace of the name Badia, its derivatives, historical and etymological origin, as well as many other data of interest of the family name Badia that justify its origin. All this as a result of the work of an expert in HERALDRY that has unraveled the historical and heraldic archives during a patient research work on the last names, lineages and heraldry of Catalonia.
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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.
2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.
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:
* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.
* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.
* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.
* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.
* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.
* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.
* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.
* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.
* The family name Badia 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 Badia as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Badia
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