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Sant'Elena Sannita

Province of Isernia, Molise region, Italy

The ancient name of the village was Cameni or Cameli, and the first lords mentioned were the Sant'Angelo in the 13th and 14th centuries. Then in the 15th century followed the Orsini, and still later the counts of Montagano, followed by the Tamburri who kept the title up to 1806, when feudalism was suppressed. Starting from the late 19th century recurring migratory waves reduced the population to one tenth now of what it was in the early 20th century, but in the summer months thousands of emigrants and their descendants come to visit.

The economy was based on steel works (farming tools, knives, scissors) and in the centuries the clever craftsmen of Sant'Elena went to the market fairs as far as Brindisi and Tuscany. The trade gradually passed from that of blade sharpeners to that of suppliers of perfumes also to barbers. Many children of this now very small town are great perfume entrepreneurs in the world today.

Altitude: 780 m a.s.l
Territory: mountainous -- Population: ca. 270 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 86099 -- Phone Area Code: 0865 -- Patron Saint: S. Michele Arcangelo celebrated on September 29

WHAT TO SEE

Parish church of S. Michele Arcangelo, built at the beginning of 1600

S. Maria delle Grazie, built in 1500; inside paintings by local artist Mario De Tollis

SS. Cosma e Damiano

EVENTS

August 18: S. Elena

September 13: S. Filomena

September 27: SS. Cosmo e Damiano

SURNAMES: [66 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]

(the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)

AMBROSIO * ARMENTO 2 * BARONE * BATTISTA 2 * BERARDINONE G * BORGESE * CARILE * CASTAGNA * CELLURALE 4 * CIRILLO * COLACIELLO * COLADANGELO * COLANERI 3 * COLANTUONO * CORSI * DE CAPOA * DE CESARE * DE PAOLA 7 * DE PASCALE * DE ROSA * DE TOLLIS 4 * DEL BUSSO 3 * DI BELLA * DI FILIPPO * DI GREGORIO 5 * DI MANNA * DIAMENTE * DURANTE 9 * FALOCCO 2 * FRARACCIO * GALLO * GIACCI * GRIMALDI * IACIOFANO 3 * IANNONE 2 * LEMBO 2 * MAINELLA 3 * MANFREDI * MARENA * MARTINO * MONTISCI * MULIERE * MUZIO 5 * NOTARMASI 2 * PARDO 2 * PETRONE 2 * PETTE 3 * PETTOGRASSO 3 * PIANO 2 * PREZIOSO 6 * PRIOLI * PRIOLO * RAMUNDO * RUBERTO LEMBO 3 * RUSSILLO * SERGNESE 3 * STASI * STASIO 9 * TERRIACA BERARDINONE * TERRIACA BERARDINONE CALABRESE * TERRIACA FRATELLI * TERRIACA 3 * TORELLI * VALENTE * VERDILE 8 * ZOPPO 6 *

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