FAMILY SANTIYAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Santiyan

Coat of arms and family crest of Santiyan.

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

History and meaning for Santiyan.

We know that the family name Santiyan 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 Santiyan:

1) The origin of the family name Santiyan.

2) The meaning of the family name Santiyan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Santiyan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Santiyan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Santiyan proved their chivalry in this institution.

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

* Galicia (Spain).

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

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

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

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

The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Santiyan appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Santiyan so the Santiyan or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

The family name Santiyan 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 Santiyan 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 Santiyan 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 Santiyan are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Santiyan 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 Santiyan have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

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

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

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* 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.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

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

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