FAMILY ODOARDO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Odoardo

Coat of arms and family crest of Odoardo.

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

History and meaning for Odoardo.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Odoardo:

1) The origin of the family name Odoardo.

2) The meaning of the family name Odoardo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Odoardo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Odoardo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Odoardo 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 Odoardo. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Odoardo.

It may be helpful for those with the name Odoardo 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 Odoardo 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 Odoardo 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

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

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

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

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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

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

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