Hello John, Antonio Cardarelli, a well known medical doctor who founded the Cardarelli Hospital in Naples and became an Italian Senator, was born in Civitanova del Sannio. He probably is related to you. In those small villages people with the same surname are usually related.

Somewhere on the web is posted a genealogical table showing Antonio Cardarelli and his relatives. Search the web and you may find it if it is still posted. If I find it I will send it to you.

My mother, Giovanna Maria Cardarelli, said that her paternal grandmother, Teresa Ciaccia, had been treated by Antonio Cardarelli when she had broken her femur after falling from a carriage. As a result of this contact, she and her husband, Emilio Cardarelli, agreed with the doctor in conversation that they were related. However, I have not to date found any connection.

Al Rosati
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