There is confusion in the sources over the identity of the Bonaparte (Buonaparte) family and their arms. Tombs in Santo Spirito and Santissima Annunziata are recorded by Stefano Rosselli with the same coat of arms (gules, bendlets argent, two stars of the same), a variation of which seems to decorate the marker of Gianni di Bonaparte at Santa Croce. Oddly, this latter tomb is recorded in the 1596 and Rosselli sepoltuari as azure, a chevron argent, a configuration not found on any other Bonaparte tombs. The blue shield with gold chevron and three stars, which appears on a tomb in San Pancrazio, is catalogued here as a separate family even though the Ceramelli Papiani archive puts them together with the others.
D'azzurro, allo scaglione d'oro accompagnato da tre stelle a sei (o otto) punte dello stesso, 2.1, i.e.
Blue with a gold chevron framed by three gold stars, two above and one below
| Group Type | |
|---|---|
| Held One or More Priorates? | no |
| Ceramelli Number | 802 |
| Branded Magnate? | no |
| Malespini Lineage | no |
| Dante Lineage | no |
| Villani Lineage | no |
| Molho Rank | Not Listed |
| Padgett Rank | Not before 1494 |
| Padgett Lineage | yes |
| Litchfield Lineage | yes |
| Database ID | 3003 |
| ASF, Ceramelli Papiani Online | fasc. 802 |
| ASF, Manoscritti, 625, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) | pp. 967, no. 87; 756, no. 581; and 847 |
| J. Padgett, Open Elite? | app. p. 6 |
