FAMILY SANTURCE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Santurce

Coat of arms and family crest of Santurce.

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

History and meaning for Santurce.

We know that the family name Santurce has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Santurce:

1) The origin of the family name Santurce.

2) The meaning of the family name Santurce.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Santurce.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Santurce.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* 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.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Santurce 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 Santurce. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Santurce.

That the last name Santurce is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Santurce 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 Santurce, to know the fights of nobility of the Santurce, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Santurce, honorary offices or public offices of the Santurce.

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Santurce. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Santurce. The name Santurce also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Santurce than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* The family name Santurce 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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