Originaria di Venezia, ha goduto nobiltà in Messina nei secoli XVI e XVII. Da un’antica bibliografia stampata in Firenze dalla tipografia delle Murate nell’anno 1866, intitolato “Libro dei nobili veneti, risulta, infatti, che la famiglia è originaria del Veneto. Da notare che molti componenti di questa Casata furono soldati di ventura, tra i quali notiamo anche un Antonuccio che fu illustre capitano di ventura al soldo della Repubblica di Venezia verso la metà del XV secolo; un Domenico che fu al servizio, nel 1528, del Marchese di Marignano Giacomo Medici e sotto il comando del Duca Carlo Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia. 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: Bene docet.. Riguardo a questo cognome abbiamo ritrovato ulteriori informazioni storiche in altri archivi. Purtroppo in lingua originale Inglese. : This French and Italian Last Name of MIANO is of two fold origin. It was from a personal name, a Roman family name, perhaps extrapolated from AEMULUS (rival), borne by various early saints, and widely used as a given name in the Middle Ages. The name was rendered in ancient documents in the Latin form ARMILIANUS. Other spellings include EMILIAN, EMILION, MILLIEN, MILLION, MILLAN, MILLA and MILLIANI. The name was also an occupational name for a miller. The mill, whether powered by water, wind or (sporadically) animals, was an important centre in every medieval settlement; it was commonly operated by an agent of the local landowner, and individual peasants were compelled to come to him to have their corn ground into flour, a proportion of the ground corn being kept by the miller by way of payment. Medieval records disclose a tendency on the part of the millers to substitute grain of poor quality for the good grain they were given to grind. Thus, as a group they were not popular, although many were among the most wealthy of a village. Many of the modern family names throughout Europe reflect the profession or occupation of their forbears in the Middle Ages and derive from the position held by their ancestors in the village, noble household or religious community in which they lived and worked. The addition of their profession to their birth name made it easier to identify individual tradesmen and craftsmen. As generations passed and families moved around, so the original identifying names developed into the corrupted but simpler versions that we recognise today. French, or rather Norman French, was the language of the aristocracy and the upper classes in England at the time stable last names were being developed, it is therefore not surprising that many of our well-known family names are extrapolated from French words. Originally only Christian or personal names were used, and although a few came into being during the 10th century, last names were not widely used until much later, when people started to realize the prestige of having a second name….
Noble title: Nobili
Coat of arms: Fasciato d’argento e di rosso; col capo d’azzurro, caricato di una pannocchia di miglio d’oro, movente dalla prima fasci…