Penitente is almost unique, Penitenti, very very rare, is typical of the Mantuan area on the border with the Modena area, of Sermide, Poggio Rusco and Castel d'Ario, they should derive from the medieval name Penitente attributed in memory and praise of Saint Peter of Siena said Penitent, we report a passage taken from his biography dated 1343: "... We also add that our Penitent Peter, so abundantly tears of the eyes continually scattered, because he had learned in the reading of the Scripture, that the tears are those of Margaret the priests, which more than any other spiritual gem, are dear to the great King of Glory, who however wants, that we always stand before his divine eyes, speaking of his tears when speaking with the Lord the Prophet King, said: "Posuists lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo. "This is how our Blessed One, longing to make himself dear, and accept, and to do likewise something grateful to his most gracious Lord, therefore he tried to always put before his eyes the to his Divine Goodness, his devout tears. .. ", but it is also possible that the surname derives from the fact that the progenitor belonged to a brotherhood of Penitent brothers; the Lombard Penitents are the first to organize themselves in 1200 as a Third Secular Order and in 1400 as a Third Regular Order, so much so as to constitute a centralized federation of fraternities throughout northern Italy.
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