FAMILY SANTESTEVE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Santesteve

Coat of arms and family crest of Santesteve.

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

History and meaning for Santesteve.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Santesteve:

1) The origin of the family name Santesteve.

2) The meaning of the family name Santesteve.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Santesteve.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Santesteve.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

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

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The history and heraldry of the family name Santesteve 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 Santesteve 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

2) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* HEART: The Heart is a symbol of Vigilant Vassal. In its fiery color, it demonstrates Warmth of mind and loving expression of Affection.

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

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

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

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* The family name Santesteve 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/

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