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The
basis of the coat of
arms is taken from that
of the arms of Bergamo,
patricians of Genoa, of
which the armiger is a
descendant in the
collateral branch. As
they are extinct, the
armiger decided to
insert a tree in the
heart of the castle, a
symbol of new life
(living branch of the
family), with two
glorious bushes. The
first, on the left,
represents the weeping
willow, a tree beloved
to the Bergamo branch of
Salgareda, from the
province of Treviso,
Italy, where the
armiger’s ancestors were
governors. The second,
on the right, represents
the common hornbeam tree
(Carpinus Betulus),
which recalls the
armiger’s direct
ancestors, as they were
inhabitants of Carpenedo
(now in the Municipality
of Venice, Italy).
A
French lily appears on
the top left and
represents both the city
of Bergamo and the
Constantinian Order of
Saint George. The yellow
owl of Athena, emblem of
knowledge, represents
the armiger’s academic
life.
In the crest, two
double-headed eagles
surmount the coat of
arms demonstrating a
passion for scientific
research in the
Byzantine studies.
The
armiger is Lord of the
Manor of Moor Hall,
Warwickshire, in the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern
Ireland; Knight of
Merit, Sacred Military
Constantinian Order of
Saint George (Spanish
obedience), Knight of
the Order of Saints
Maurice and Lazarus,
Knight of the Order of
Vitéz, Holder of the
silver medals Giubileo
della Misericordia 2016
of the Sovereign
Military Order of Malta
and of the Sacred
Military Constantinian
Order of Saint George
and of the Silver medal
Bolla Militantis
Ecclesiae 2018 of the
Sacred Military
Constantinian Order of
Saint George.
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