Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
ROSAS
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Region of origin
Europe
Country of origin
Spain
Language of origin
Spanish
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Iberian
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The Rosas surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
ASPERA SPINA ROSAS. His kinsmen, Robert and Nicholas, benefactors to Bristol, were painted by Holbein, and the corporation, in gratitude, placed over the picture of the latter the viscrij}tural legend: Ex SPIKIS UVAS collegiJius — "We have gathered grapes from Thorns " The motto over Sir Robert, the father, is — " Spina vocor, superest tribuatur gloria ilanti Qua; bona paupenbus Spina dat esse Deo."