Famiglia antichissima ed assai illustre. Con Regio Decreto del 25 gennaio 1900 susseguito da RR. LL. PP. del 21 agosto 1902 il signor Michele Cutrona (di Gaetano) nato in Cerami a 25 marzo 1858, ottenne concessione del titolo di conte; egli stesso con Real Decreto del 16 maggio 1901 aveva ottenuto concessione dello stemma: D’azzurro, alla colonna toscana sostenuta da due leoni affrontati, controrampanti e cimata da una crocetta patente, il tutto d’argento; col capo interzato in palo, di rosso, d’argento e di verde. La presenza del motto nella bibliografia documentata della famiglia ci conferma l’avita nobiltà raggiunta della casata. Infatti l’origine del motto risale a circa il XIV secolo e deve essere ricercata in quei detti arguti che venivano scritti sui vessilli o bandiere dei cavalieri, esposti alle finestre delle locande in cui questi alloggiavano, in occasione dei tornei, e durante i tornei stessi. Il motto era un pensiero espresso in poche parole facente allusione a un sentimento palese o nascosto, a una qualità, a un ricordo storico, per stimolo al coraggio o onore. Era scelta dal capo della famiglia, dal cavaliere entrante in lizza o data dal sovrano al proprio uomo ligio. Motto della famiglia: Pangallo.. Riguardo a questo cognome abbiamo ritrovato ulteriori informazioni storiche in altri archivi. Purtroppo in lingua originale Inglese. : This Last Name of CUTRONA is an old Last Name in Galloway, Scotland but now uncommon. Michael ALCOTRAIN, was recorded in Wigtown in 1511, and Patrick COLTRANE owned lands in the parish of Kirkinner in 1663, and was the provost of Wigtown and owner of the land of Kirwaugh, Culmalzie and others in the parish of Kirkinner. The first people in Scotland to acquire stable last names were the nobles and great landowners, who called themselves, or were called by others, after the lands they possessed. Surnames originating in this way are known as territorial. Formerly lords of baronies and regalities and farmers were inclined to magnify their importance and to sign letters and documents with the names of their baronies and farms instead of their Christian names and last names. The abuse of this style of speech and writing was carried so far that an Act was passed in the Scots parliament in 1672 forbidding the practice and declaring that it was allowed only to noblemen and bishops to subscribe by their titles. Later instances of the name include William COLTRANE, who signed letters to the Privy Council in 1688, and William COLTRANE was the Provost of Wigtown in 1693. In the Middle Ages heraldry came into use as a practical matter. It originated in the devices used to distinguish the armoured warriors in tournament and war, and was also placed on seals as marks of identity. As far as records show, true heraldry started in the middle of the 12th century, and appeared almost simultaneously in several states of Western Europe. A noble member of the name was John William COLTRANE (1926-67) the American saxophonist and composer, born in Hamlet, North Carolina. He emerged in the 1950’s as one of the most influential jazz performers of the post-behop era. Alba, the state which became Scotland, was once shared by four races; the Picts who controlled most of the land north of the Central Belt; the Britons, who had their capital at Dumbarton and held sway over the south west, including modern Cumbria; the Angles, who were Germanic in origin and annexed much of the Eastern Borders in the seventh century, and the Scots. The latter came to Alba from the north of Ireland late in the 5th century to establish a colony in present day Argyll, which they named Dalriada, after their homeland. The Latin name SCOTTI simply means a Gaelic speaker….
Noble title: Conti
Coat of arms: D’azzurro, alla colonna toscana sostenuta da due leoni affrontati, controrampanti e cimata da una crocetta patente, il tutto d’argento; col capo interzato in palo, di rosso, d’argento e di verd…