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Birth No 119: Marciano D'Avino
Recorded on 15 November 1896, 8.30 am, Frigento
Carmine D'Avino, 42, possidente (landowner), living Frigento, reported that at 11.40 pm, on 13 November 1896, at a house in Via San Pietro, No 1, was born to his wife Carmina Flammia, contadina, a male baby. The baby was presented and given the name Marciano.
Witnesses: Marciano? Martone, 60, and Rocco Martone, 66, both contadini.
From 12th October 1946, the national anthem of Italy has been the "Canto degli Italiani" (Chant of the Italians), written in the Autumn of 1847 by a Genoese student and patriot Goffredo Mameli, and set to music in Turin by another Genoese, Michele Novaro. Born during an atmosphere of patriotic fervo...