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THE UNCERTAIN ORIGINS of St. FENAROLO
The first to write of the origins of the Fenaroli family was the Capuchin Father, Rinaldi Fulgenzio. In 1685 in the tenth chapter of his book "MONIMENTI HISTORIALI Dell'Antico, E Nobile CASTELLO D'ISEO", he writes of the military confrontations of the Guelphs and Ghibellines during the 12th and 13th centuriesss. The Guelph's supported the Pope and the Ghibellines supported The Holy Roman Emperor. They were located in northern Italy. Father Rinaldi Fulgenzio wrote of the Fenaroli family as follows: (English translation and rewording for clarity),
<.." our warlike people from Iseo, (The Fenarolis), descended from the Vigolo Valley, (where they harvested hay and fodder for the German Armies of the Holy Roman Emperors.) and occupied Tavernola on Lake D'Iseo. There they established their business and family capitol and became the ruling noble family of the area. ..>
Father Rinaldi wrote of a St. Fenarolo of the Fenarolis as follows:
<.."in the year 122 AD, in a crypt under the church of St. Angela Merici, (now called St. Afra) in Brescia, there were buried the remains of St. Fenarolo of the Fenaroli family."..> Unfortunately, the tombstone marking the burial and the Church of St. Afra were almost entirely destroyed by the bombing of Brescia in WWII.
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Never the less there is a St. Fenarolo in the ancient literature. Father Rinaldi Fulgenzio wrote of him within the context of history as he knew it. Maybe there is more to his story.
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