francesca montalbano birth- concern age 13 when married

[lindamauer]

archdiocese agrigento
SMB March 19 1667
folio 216 recto image 141
3rd record down

Please translate to confirm because if this is her birth My concern is she would only be 13 when married in 1680.

thoughts on age of marriage of that time please
Thanks
Linda

[erudita74]

Canon law at the time dictated a minimum age of 12 for females and 14 for males.

[lindamauer]

wow then that would be permissible!

@erudita74

thank you so much!

[carubia]

You see girls of age 12 marrying in Sicily up until 1865. I saw a 10-year-old in a marriage bann in the 1820s but perhaps not surprisingly there was no marriage act.

[erudita74]

https://www.italiangenealogy.com/forum/ ... ng#p287567

Some info from a former thread which may interest both of you

[lindamauer]

thank you both
YES that other thread was fascinating to read
Best
Linda