FAMILY SFRA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Sfra

Coat of arms and family crest of Sfra.

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

History and meaning for Sfra.

Sfra 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 Sfra 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 Sfra:

1) The origin of the family name Sfra.

2) The meaning of the family name Sfra.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Sfra.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Sfra.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Catalonia (Spain).

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

* Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna, by Augusto Cuartas.

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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 Sfra:

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The book "Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna" by Augusto Cuartas, where the history and heraldry of the name Sfra appears, describes Catalan lineages and family names, such as name Sfra. Covers the birthplace of the name Sfra, its derivatives, historical and etymological origin, as well as many other data of interest of the family name Sfra 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.

It may be helpful for those with the name Sfra 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 Sfra 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 Sfra 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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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:

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

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

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* 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.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* The family name Sfra 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 Sfra as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Sfra

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