Colleoni Explained

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.

History

The family's coat of arms was two pairs of white testicles on a red field, above one red pair on a white field.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Simons, Patricia . The Sex of Men in Premodern Europe: A Cultural History . 2011-10-13 . . 978-1-107-00491-7 . en . 108.