Francesco Giovanni Scutellari Ajani

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FRANCESCO GIOVANNI SCUTELLARI AJANI

Born : December 16, 1742
Deceased : July 181, 1826

Abbot of San Pietro Apostolo di Guastalla, 1792-1826
Titular Bishop of Ioppe, 1793-1826

Arms of Francesco Giovanni Scutellari Ajani

Official blazon

(it) Troncato di rosso e d’argento, al palmizio di verde, attraversante, sostenuto da una tartaruga al naturale; sul tutto una fascia scaccata di rosso e d’argento di tre tiri.

Origin/meaning

The turtle is a canting element as in ancient times the sea turtle was called "biscia scodellaja" (bowl-snake), due to the similarity of the carapace with a bowl (in Latin: scutellam), for example the Italian traveler Lodovico de Varthema, in his "Itinerary" on his travels in the East, in the first half of the sixteenth century calls the sea turtles "biscie scutellaie". Even today in the Parmesan dialect the turtle is defined as “bissa scudlèra”.