mɪkˈæɡliə wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn pˈɛskɪsˌaɪ, ɐ smˈɔːl tˈaʊn ɔnðə ɡɑːɹɡˈɑːnoʊ pənˈɪnsjʊlə ðæt sˈɪks sˈɛntʃɚɹiz bᵻfˌoːɹ ɐbˌaʊt nˈaɪnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti wʌzɐ sˈɛɾəlmənt ʌv kɹˈoʊæt ɹˈɛfjuːdʒˌiːz ænd ðæt ɪn ðoʊz jˈɪɹz ˌɛntɚtˈeɪnd fɹˈuːtfəl tɹˈeɪd wɪð vˈɛnɪs ænd ðə sˈɪɾistˈeɪts ɔnðə dælmˈeɪʃən kˈoʊst lˈaɪk ðə ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk ʌv ɹˈæɡjuːsə.
Micaglia was born in Peschici, a small town on the Gargano peninsula that six centuries before (about 970) was a settlement of Croat refugees and that in those years entertained fruitful trade with Venice and the city-states on the Dalmatian coast (like the Republic of Ragusa).