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The
origin of Servetus’ family is found in the village of “Serveto”,
a little town located in the Aragonian Pyrenees, and which, at
that time, belonged to the Sobrarbe county. Many members of the
nobility inhabiting the Pyrenees’ valleys would move down
to other warmer reconquered lands in order to benefit from the
Settlement Charters issued by the Kings of Aragon. Servetus’
ancestors moved from the Pyrenees and spread throughout the Huesca
Province, until some members of the family ultimately reached
Villanueva de Sijena.
Although
commonly, and even in Servetian circles, he is known as “Miguel
Servet”, his real name was “Miguel Serveto Conesa”.
This
was the name he signed under and the name he used to call himself.
Serveius, Serveto or Serveti appears in all his works, except
when he used the nickname “Villanovanus” to escape
from the Inquisition. .
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His
father, who was a notary public in the Monastery of Sijena,
always signed his deeds as “Serveto” o “Serbeto”.
The “Serveto” family name also appears in the inscription
which could be read in the altar that his family donated to
the Church of Villanueva in 1558: the magnificent “Seniores”,
Catalina Conesa, “infanzona” widow, and her son
Father Juan Serveto of Revés, minister ”infanzón”,
chaplain of Poleñino, Finished XXVI month of August year
MD [?]XXXXVIII.
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| Image gallery of Serveto (Huesca, Spain) |
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If
you wish to learn more about the origins of Servetus’ family,
you may want to consult the following research paper: Julio P.
Arribas Salaberri; “Genealogía y Heráldica
de Miguel Servet”, Instituto de Estudios Ilerdenses, Lérida,
1972.
Written
and translated by Sergio Baches Opi
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