FAMILY ODOFREDI: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Odofredi

Coat of arms and family crest of Odofredi.

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

History and meaning for Odofredi.

Odofredi 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 Odofredi 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 Odofredi:

1) The origin of the family name Odofredi.

2) The meaning of the family name Odofredi.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Odofredi.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Odofredi.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Italy.

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

* Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti, by Gofredo di Crollalanza.

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The family name Odofredi appears in the "Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti", by Gofredo di Crollalanza, which collects the stories and coats of more than 18,000 Italian and other surnames, but rooted in Italy, among them, the history, heraldry and shield or shields of the surname Odofredi. This book is the result of long and patient searches for almost three decades, which almost represents the life of the author; It is based on the heraldic, genealogical, chivalric and nobiliary science that the author has acquired with the foundation of the Italian Heraldic Academy and the publication of the newspaper "Giornale araldico-genealogical". Surnames, such as Odofredi, are recorded in alphabetical order. The work also includes weapons, heraldry and history of the surname Odofredi, which includes historical data of the family with its location, its titles, etc.

It may be helpful for those with the name Odofredi to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Odofredi It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Odofredi can have graphic variants.

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

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* 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.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* 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.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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