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Here is the link to the marriage of Mariano DiStefano on the Palermo 10 year index- the reason I thought they were married in Santa Ninfa and not Palermo.
Angela is right, and in fact, the marriage is catalogued under Palermo (Sezione Santa Ninfa)(oggi Palermo).
More confusion is added by the fact that the groom appears to be born in Santa Ninfa, province of Trapani, a town that actually exists.
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Yes, it is explained in English on Image 3 of the 10 year index. So Santa Ninfa was a part of Palermo and not another comune.
In modern terms we'd say a 'quartiere' of the town.
I looked at Wikipedia, it says now Palermo is divided in many quartieri, but the name Santa Ninfa seems no longer existing.
Perhaps someone living in Palermo knows which part of the town had that name and if that church was or not in Santa Ninfa.
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