The associated coat of arms for this name are recorded in J.B Rietstaps Armorial General. Illustrated by V & H.V Rolland's. This Monumental work took 23 years to complete and 85,000 coats of Arms are included in this work. The Spanish surname of APARICIO is a given name which was bestowed on children born on the Feast of Epiphany (6th January). The name was originally derived from the Spanish word APARICION (appearance, manifestation) and was rendered in ancient documents in the Latin form APPARITIO. The name is also spelt PARIS and APARICI. Surnames as we know them today were first assumed in Europe from the 11th to the 15th Century. The employment in the use of a second name was a custom that was first introduced from the Normans. They themselves had not long before adopted them. It became, in course of time, a mark of gentler blood, and it was deemed a disgrace for gentlemen to have but one single name, as the meaner sort had. At first the coat of arms was a practical matter which served a function on the battlefield and in tournaments. With his helmet covering his face, and armour encasing the knight from head to foot, the only means of identification for his followers, was the insignia painted on his shield and embroidered on his surcoat, the flowing and draped garment worn over the armour. Mathew PARIS (circa.1200-1259) was the English chronicler. He entered the monastery of St. Albans as a Benedictine monk in 1217. He also made two journeys to France, and was sent on a mission to Norway on behalf of Pope Innocent IV. His 'Chronica Majora' is a revision of earlier work by someone else, with an additional 23 years of his own work, which establishes him as the finest chronicler of the 13th century. Another notable member of the name was Bruno Paulin Gaston PARIS (1839-1903) the French philologist and medievalist, born in Paris. In 1872 he became professor of Old French at the College de France in succession to his father, Alexis Paulin PARIS (1800-81). He edited medieval poems, wrote a long series of valuable works on medieval French literature, and founded 'Romani' (1872) a review of Romance philology.