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Where did the Italian Steffani family come from? What is the Italian Steffani family crest and coat of arms? When did the Steffani family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Steffani family history?

The Steffani surname comes from the personal name Stefano, which is the Italian form of the Latin name Stephanus.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Steffani, Stefano, Stefan, Stifano, Stevani, Stiévano, Stiévan, Schhivani, Stépan, Stéfanis, Stefanich, Stepanich and many more.

First found in Bolgna (Bononia) in Emilia where it is the capital of the province of Bologna. The famous University of Bolgna was founded in the 11th century, by the 13th century the student body was nearly 10,000. Dante and Petrarch studied there. Tisso was tried there for 1564 for writing satirical poems. Bologna naturally, is famous for its sausages. But many noted scholars were born there. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time was in itself a family honor.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Steffani research. Another 329 words(24 lines of text) covering the years 1375, 1417, 1460, 1645, and 1710 are included under the topic Early Steffani History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 23 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Steffani Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Joh. Sebastian Stephani, who settled in New York in 1772; Adam Stefan, who arrived in Newfoundland in 1777; Bernard Stefan, who came to New York, NY in 1833.

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The Steffani Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Steffani Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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