The story about foundations of Mandaradoni
"Immersed among olive and secular oak trees, suspended between two valleys and two bridges: Zergo bridge and Pirgolo bridge, Mandaradoni was founded in the 16th century by two Sicilian brothers, Sergio and Dante Lentini, who were exiled from their region by acts. criminal, they found refuge in the lands where the town stands today.
Through raids of goats and sheep they began their activity which was that of herdsmen, hence the name of the first nucleus of the village "Mandraono".
Anyone have more details of this story? or someone descends from the two brothers? or any links to Sicily where the two brothers came from ?
Regards Esteban Lentini
Mandaradoni, Calabria, Italy
Re: Mandaradoni, Calabria, Italy
This is an interesting story. It's rare to be able to trace a comune (or in this case a frazione) to individual founders.
Correctional exile was one of the most common forms of punishment at that time. It would mostly have been used to deal with petty crime (like stealing a goat or a sheep). This sounds like what the Lentini brothers faced. Anything at the felony level would have been dealt with using "relegazione". Relegazione is transportation to and internment in an exile colony on one of the small islands of the Neapolitan coast. These were open-air prisons. Depending on the gravity of the offense (and the social standing of the convict), there was a scale of punishment even at the exile colony. It went from basic internment, to solitary confinement, to four grades of being put in irons, onto a life sentence and finally, in rarer cases, capital punishment.
Correctional exile was one of the most common forms of punishment at that time. It would mostly have been used to deal with petty crime (like stealing a goat or a sheep). This sounds like what the Lentini brothers faced. Anything at the felony level would have been dealt with using "relegazione". Relegazione is transportation to and internment in an exile colony on one of the small islands of the Neapolitan coast. These were open-air prisons. Depending on the gravity of the offense (and the social standing of the convict), there was a scale of punishment even at the exile colony. It went from basic internment, to solitary confinement, to four grades of being put in irons, onto a life sentence and finally, in rarer cases, capital punishment.
Re: Mandaradoni, Calabria, Italy
Hi thanks for the reply and interesting info. Its a shame I cannot find more to this story or trace genealogy back to the two brothers. The town in question is over 50% Lentini and even a street named Lentini. Its not that far back to trace to the two brothers. I was only able to get to 1750.
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