The surname Maffio: heraldry, coat of arms and coat of arms

If your surname is Maffio, surely on more than one occasion you have wondered about the heraldry of the surname Maffio. Likewise, you might be interested if the surname Maffio belongs to a relative of yours or someone very important to you. The heraldry of surnames is a fascinating world that still attracts a lot of attention today, and that is why more and more people are asking about the heraldry of the Maffio surname.

The heraldry of Maffio, a complicated topic

Sometimes it can be very confusing to try to explain how the heraldry of surnames works, however, we are going to try to explain the heraldry of the surname Maffio in the simplest possible way. We recommend that to better understand everything we are going to tell you about the heraldry of the surname Maffio, if you are totally unaware of how the coats of arms and heraldry came about, go to our main page and read the general explanation we give you there, that way you can better appreciate everything we have compiled about the heraldry of the surname Maffio for you.

Coat of arms, coat of arms and heraldry of Maffio

Similarly, and to make things easier, since we understand that most of the people looking for information about the Maffio surname heraldry are especially interested in the coat of arms of the Maffio surname, its composition, the meaning of its elements and if there are several coats of arms for the Maffio surname, as well as everything that may have to do with the coat of arms of the Maffio surname; we have taken the liberty of being flexible and using the words heraldry and coat of arms interchangeably when referring to the coat of arms of Maffio.

Contributions to the heraldry of the surname Maffio

We hope that the flexibility on the coat of arms of the Maffio surname will not be taken as a lack of seriousness on our part, since we are constantly investigating to be able to offer the most rigorous information possible on the Maffio coats of arms. However, if you have more information about the Maffio heraldry, or you notice an error that needs to be corrected, please let us know so that we can have the biggest and best information on the net about the Maffio coat of arms, explained in a simple and easy way.

  • ASPADA CRUZ - 1. Used by Emperor Carlo Magno. Composed of cross in "P" and in its center a blade. Symbol of Christ.
  • Belgium Crown - 1. Similar to the Spanish and that of Bavaria. (See Crown of Bavaria, Spanish Corona).
  • Civic crown - 1. It is the crown composed of fruity oak or oak branches. It paints closed and sinople.
  • Composed bordura from Castilla y León - 1. Said by some authors to the bordura made up and alternate with a lion and a castle, symbols of the kingdoms of Castilla y León.
  • Counterbrown - 1. Row of notches of different enamels on the same girdle, stick, band or bar, do not match those above with the bottom (v. Contrabretes, counterless).
  • Cypress - 1. Tree that is painted with the straight trunk and conical cup finished in tip.
  • Embraced - 1. term erroneously used by clutch. (V. Embradado). 2. Said by some authors of the animal that has the arms raised at the same time with the intention of hugging or relying although without touching.
  • Flanked - 1. It is said of the shield when divided into three equal parts delimited by two vertical, angled lines, curves of a 1/5 width of the shield. Almost non -existent in Spanish heraldry. 2. Figure that starting from the flanks of the shield by half
  • Genealogist - 1. It is said that the study of genealogies and lineages does profession.
  • Lazarista - 1. Order of Knights instituted in the holy places, whose purpose was to attend the lepers. His badge was an eight -pointed cross, as a star, sinople. 2. Knight belonging to said order.
  • Major triangle - 1. Term used by some old heraldists when describing the provision of any piece in two and one, or ordered. (See well ordered, two and one, triangle).
  • Nebulated - 1. Piece whose undulating profiles forming a concave surface in the form of cloud. There is normal or small nebulous and the elongated mist (Italian type). 2. It is said of the shield partition with a cloud -shaped dividing line. 3. Divide piece
  • Nebulated cane - 1. It is said of a cane formed in wave cloud, they can be put in band, bar, girdle and stick, etc. More than one are presented. They can also be one of one color and the other of different color.
  • Potenza - 1. Figure that ends in the form of “T”.
  • roeado - 1. Shield, piece or figure loaded with Roeles in number greater than nine.
  • Rooster - 1. Ave. Its regular position is the profile, it is said created or barbelled. It is also said singer, when drawing with an open beak, and daring if he lifts the right leg.
  • Serperate - 1. It is said of the cross whose arms end in snakes.
  • Sinister battery - 1. It is said of the battery, which starts from the tip and half right finding its vertex in the sinister canton of the boss.