The first bishop known to have occupied this see was Menardus, a native not of Padua, Ferdinando Ughelli believed, but of Poitiers, which Vitale has shown.
The main centres of the Hirpini were Malies or Maloenton (modern Benevento), Romulea (Bisaccia), Compsa (Conza), Aquilonia, Lacedonia and Abellinum (Avellino).
The couple moved to the man's town, Lauria, in 1921 where Cianciulli was sentenced for fraud and imprisoned in 1927; once released the couple moved again to Lacedonia.