FAMILY SAVIÑON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name SaviƱon

Coat of arms and family crest of SaviƱon.

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

History and meaning for SaviƱon.

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

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

The family name SaviƱon is of SPANISH origin, since the letter Ƒ is typical of Spain, although in Latin America many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Otomi, Quechua, Aymara, Mapuche and Guarani also have with the Ƒ

SEVEN things you should know about the family name SaviƱon:

1) The origin of the family name SaviƱon.

2) The meaning of the family name SaviƱon.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name SaviƱon.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name SaviƱon.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

* Heraldica de los apellidos canarios, by Lino Chaparro D`Acosta.

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

The family name SaviƱon appears in the work "Heraldry of Canarian last names" by Lino Chaparro D`Acosta, so that SaviƱon is a surname that has a branch in the Canary Islands. The conquest of the archipelago had begun, formally, in 1402, with the incursions of Jean de Bethencourt and Gadifier de la Salle, in the name of Enrique III, in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and El Hierro, island that annexed with some ease to Castile. Fernan Peraza did the same with La Gomera. Tenerife is the last island in conquerer, already for the Catholic Monarchs. So, the family names as SaviƱon have history and heraldry in the Canary Islands. Throughout time, the Canary Islands has been linked to America as a forced passage of the ships to the new continent. The Canary Islands actively participated, as settlers, in the birth of nations and cities. It was island families who founded the cities of Montevideo and San Antonio (Texas) - in the list of defenders of the Alamo abound the Canarian surnames; So, many last names, as it is possible that it is the name SaviƱon went to America. It is interesting to look up the last name SaviƱon in America.

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

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

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:

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* The family name SaviƱon 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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