Claim: Marcello Fogolino was banished from the Venetian territories for involvement in a murder and left for Trento where he became friends with the Bishop Bernardo Clesio.
Evidence: He was banished from Venetian territories, along with his brother the architect Matteo, for complicity in a murder in 1527, and went to Trento. In Trento, he befriended the bishop Bernardo Clesio, which gave the brothers some protection.