The Salicetos were considered
Ghibellines which caused them to flee Bologna when the Guelphs took control of the city in 1274. The city magistrate marked
Padua as the place of exile for the Saliceto family – brothers Marco and Matteo, together with each of their minor sons. According to the verdict, they could not leave the walls of the city, their presence was constantly checked by the local authorities. In Padua, Marco also worked as a notary since 1275, while Matteo joined the order of
Humiliati. By 1281, the political orientation of the brothers diverged: while Matteo returned to Bologna and swore loyalty to the Guelphs, which resulted in the restoration of his citizenship, Marco remained in exile and moved to
Venice with the permission of the authorities. There, he entered the service of
Albertino Morosini, then
podestà of
Chioggia, who employed him as a notary from 1283 at the latest. It is possible that
Baldo da Passignano arrived at the household of Morosini in the same period. Morosini entrusted Marco to educate his nephew, the young Andrew, son of the late
Stephen the Posthumous, an alleged member of the
Árpád dynasty and former claimant to the Hungarian throne. Zsuza Kovács argued that Marco's title of
magister was a mere honorific denomination, which reflects only his illustrious status in the Morosini household. Marco stayed in Venice in the upcoming years. In November 1289, he returned to Bologna for a brief time and was involved in a lawsuit over a clash in Saliceto alongside Matteo before the court of
podestà Giacone Giaconi. Andrew traveled to
Hungary in early 1290, where he ascended the throne and was crowned king in July 1290, after the local lords recognized him as a legitimate offspring of the Árpád dynasty. In July 1291, Marco submitted a request to the People's Council of Bologna, in which he requested permission to leave Venice and follow his former disciple to Hungary, which permission was granted to him. It is possible that Marco started his journey in the accompaniment of Queen
Tomasina Morosini, the mother of Andrew III, also involving a Venetian official state delegation in September 1291. The ships of the delegation spent a long time wandering off the coast of
Dalmatia in the following months, because of the piracy activity of the
Šubići, partisans of Andrew's rival, the
Capetian House of Anjou. The queen and her entourage successfully landed in Hungary and met Andrew III in July 1292. Nothing is known about Marco's activity in Hungary. Emilio Orioli considered that he became a councilor in the royal court, without a specific position. He definitely stayed in Hungary in September 1294, according to a letter written by
Corso Donati, the
podestà of Bologna. ==Later life==