Colleoni
Appearance
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The House of Colleoni was a Guelf-allied noble family in medieval Bergamo. Their Ghibelline opponents were the Suardi family, of which the Colleoni themselves were a branch. [1][citation needed]
History
[edit]The family's coat of arms was two pairs of white testicles on a red field, above one red pair on a white field.[2]
See also
[edit]- A Gun for Sale – 1936 novel by Graham Greene
- Palazzo Colleoni alla Pace
- Cappella Colleoni
- Bartolomeo Colleoni
References
[edit]- ^ Families: Colleoni (Accessed December 2024) https://www.difamigliainfamiglia.it/en/famiglia/colleoni/
- ^ Simons, Patricia (2011-10-13). The Sex of Men in Premodern Europe: A Cultural History. Cambridge University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-107-00491-7.