Abbracciabene

Alias: -

Blazon: Or, a lion rampant gules against a column argent

Origins: Romagna, came to Palermo at the time of the king Louis of Sicily (aka "Louis the Child")

Seat: - Sciacca

Notable people:

• N...(?) Abbracciabene, in 1344 with troops raised on his own took the Fort Salvatore in Messina in the name of king Louis, against the revolt of the Chancellor Damiano Palicio. 
• Davide Abbracciabene, baron of Scanzatinni, obtained the fief from Frederick III for his services.

Titles: 

• Barone di Scanzatinni

Bibliography: 

• Mugnos, 
• Palizzolo Gravina, 
• Savasta 1843, 21.