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http://img412.imageshack.us/i/salvatore ... h1871.jpg/ A (dì) 28 detto
Io suddetto Giordano cappellano sacramentale ho battezzato un fan-
ciullo nato oggi in campagna, contrada
Misircannone(?), territorio di Monreale da Agostino
Serio e Carmela Collura jugali di Monreale.
Gli fu posto nome Salvatore. Il padrino [better: I padrini] furono
Giovanni Sanfilippo figlio di Giuseppe, e Antoni-
na Serio di Monreale
On the 28th of the aforementioned [month/year]
I the undersigned Giordano, chaplain, baptized an infant born today in the countryside in the district of Misircannone(?), territory of Monreale, of the parents Agostino Serio and Carmela Collura, a married couple of Monreale. The child was given the name Salvatore. The godparents were Giovanni Sanfilippo, son of Giuseppe, and Antonina Serio of Monreale.
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