San Martino in Pensilis, Province Campobasso, Molise, Italy

The Romans established a settlement in the area, as shown by ruins of a Roman farmhouse of the 3rd century BC in the hamlet called Mattonelle, about 4 miles away from the present town. After the fall of the Roman Empire and the invasion of the Lombards the village was included in the Duchy of Benevento, then when the Normans took over, in the 11th century AD, it passed to the County of Loritello. In th 15th century, and until 1806, the year the feudal system was abolished, the fiefdom belonged to the Di Capua family.