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July 9, 1888 at town hall appeared Maria Vincenza Pace, daughter of Francesco, age 66, midwife, who declared that at 8:15 a.m. on July 6, 1888 in the home on Strada Cortea, Maria Dario, homemaker, wife of Pasquale Monteferrante, both residents of Casalbordino, gave birth to a female child, who was given the name Carolina.
The name Italia, probably a Graecized form of Italic Vitelia (='calf land'), was originally restricted to the southern half of the 'toe' but was gradually extended. By 450 B.C. It meant the region subsequently inhabited by the Bruttii; by 400 it embraced Lucania as well. Campania was included after ...