FAMILY CENSI: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Censi

Coat of arms and family crest of Censi.

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

History and meaning for Censi.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Censi:

1) The origin of the family name Censi.

2) The meaning of the family name Censi.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Censi.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Censi.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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The family name Censi appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Censi has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Censi arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Censi are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Censi are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Censi have made some test of nobility or knightage.

It may be helpful for those with the name Censi 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 Censi 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 Censi 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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

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

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

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

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

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

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