Events
Date of Birth: before 1065.
The date is given by Fois in the article on Mariano in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Putzulu states that Mariano’s son, Costantino, was born about 1064.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: the early 1100s.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Fois in the article on Mariano in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, citing Tola. Saura gives before 1114.
Place of Burial: la chiesa maggiore di S. Maria d’Ardara.
The place is given by Fois in the article on Mariano in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, citing Tola.
Relationships
Father or (more likely) Grandfather: Barisone I.
Fois notes that there may be two Marianos whom some sources are combining into one. A donation by Barisone to the monastery of Montecassino, made in 1064/65, given in La Sardegna Medievale (document 1) mentions his nepote Marianus. Saura considers Mariano's father to be unknown, rejecting the suggestion given in the Genealogie di Sardegna that he was Andrea Tanca.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Susanna de Thori (or Susanna Gunale or Susanna de Zori).
This relationship is given by Fois, which notes that the second wife attributed to Mariano, “Giusta”, was probably just an honorific name applied to Susanna.
Children:
Costantino di Lacon, judge of Torres, married Marcusa de Gunale.
References
Casula, Francesco. “Barisone” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 30 (1984).
La Sardegna Medievale nel Contesto Italiano e Mediterraneo (secc. XI-XV) Olivetta Schena and Sergio Tognetti, ed. (Milan: 2011).
Fois, Barbara. "Mariano di Lacon Gunale” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 70 (2008).
Putzulu, Evandro. “Costantino di Torres” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 30 (1984).
Saura, Mauro G. “La Cronotassi dei Giudici di Torres” in La civiltà giudicale in Sardegna nei secoli XI-XIII. Fonti e documenti scritti, (Atti del Convegno di Studi. Sassari-Usini 17-18 marzo 2001), Sassari 2002, pp. 97-113.
Tola, D. Pasquale. " Mariano I re di Torres" in Dizionario Biografico degli Uomini Illustri di Sardegna. (1838). [Vol. 2, pp. 221-222]