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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 7th December
2021 Registration No.
0617 (Vol.4).
Arms:
Or, a heart Vert, on a
chief embattled Vert
three annulets Or.
Crest:
The top of a tower Vert,
statant thereon a
jewelled lizard Or
spotted Azure.
Badge:
Three annulets
interlaced one and two
Vert surmounted by a
jewelled lizard statant
Or spotted Azure.
Standard:
In the hoist the arms;
fly: Argent, charged
with three badges
separated by two
traverse bands Or
fimbriated Vert bearing
the motto; fringe: Vert
and Or.
Motto:
Natura Non Facit Saltus.
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| Grant:
Letters Patent of Garter,
Clarenceux and Norroy and
Ulster Kings of Arms dated
30th July 2014. College
Reference: 178/93. Agent:
Peter O'Donoghue, York
Herald.
The grant
is a substantive grant
made to a British
citizen.
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The
green heart on a golden
field symbolizes the
armiger's love of
Nature. The three rings
indicate the three
territories, i.e. the
Ligurian provinces of
Savona, Genoa and
Imperia where he had
achieved the Nature
Guide licence at the
time of the Grant. The
tower, a symbol of
strength and elevation,
here refers to the Babel
Tower and represents the
armiger’s bilingualism
and his academic and
professional
qualifications, most of
which deal with foreign
languages and
communication, and is
echoed in the embattled
line of the chief. The
jewelled lizard (Timon
lepidus), one of the
symbols of the Ligurian
fauna and the king of
European lizards, is a
sun and light seeker and
symbolyzes the search
for truth and also a
sense of achievement.
The motto, "Natura non
facit saltus", is taken
from Linnaeus and Darwin
and here means that
Nature does not usually
proceed by leaps and
bounds and that
substantial improvement
is more often the result
of slow and constant
evolution, perseverance
and hard work.
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The
armiger is of
Anglo-Italian origin. He
was born in Savona
(Liguria, Italy) in
1977, the eldest son of
Luciano Raco and Julia
Ann Stock and the
brother of Bruno
Lawrence Raco, pianist
and musician. He
attended the 1991
linguistic experimental
course of the Istituto
Magistrale Statale "G.
Della Rovere" in Savona
but was not intended for
university study.
However, he took a
degree in Foreign
Languages and Literature
from the University of
Genoa (110/110, cum
laude), a first level
master in I.T. and
Communication Management
(Aesseffe, Savona) and
then went further with
postgraduate study,
becoming an English
Language and
Civilization teacher and
a Special Educational
Needs teacher (S.S.I.S.,
University of Genoa). He
is also a professional
Nature Guide with four
language skills
(English, German, French
and Spanish) recognized
by the authorities of
three Italian regions
(Liguria, Piedmont and
Emilia-Romagna). These
milestones have been
achieved by building,
stone by stone, on a
foundation of skills and
knowledge passed down by
his family, to whom he
is grateful.
The armiger is a
lifetime member of the
Royal Society of Saint
George.
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