• Thumbnail for Abundius
    Abundius (redirect from Saint Abbondio)
    Abondius, Abundias, or Abbondio; early fifth century – 469), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Abundius, was a bishop of Como, Northern Italy. Abundius...
    4 KB (265 words) - 12:05, 7 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Como
    the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps has made Como a tourist destination, and the city contains...
    67 KB (6,201 words) - 13:43, 13 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Betrothed (Manzoni novel)
    in Lombardy, near Lecco, on Lake Como, who are planning to wed on 8 November 1628. The parish priest, don Abbondio, is walking home on the eve of the...
    33 KB (4,730 words) - 15:57, 15 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lago di Poschiavo
    first referred to in 1010, when the newly founded monastery of San Abbondio in Como was granted fishing rights on the lake. By 1239 the fishing rights...
    6 KB (608 words) - 19:31, 24 June 2024
  • Falconi as Don Abbondio Enrico Glori as Don Rodrigo Carlo Ninchi as L'Innominato Luis Hurtado as Padre Cristoforo Evi Maltagliati as La monaca di Monza detta...
    5 KB (572 words) - 15:21, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Montagnola
    merger of several formerly separate properties of the monastery of S. Abbondio in Como in 1535, led to the establishment of the Concilium Sancti Abundii which...
    5 KB (521 words) - 21:29, 15 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Collina d'Oro
    inventory of the lands of the monastery of S. Abbondio in Como in the Valle di Lugano. The inventory of Como Cathedral (1298) mentions their allodial titles...
    23 KB (2,695 words) - 01:01, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Giosuè Argenti
    Italian sculptor. He trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Milan, where he worked along with Abbondio Sangiorgio, Francesco Somaini, Benedetto Cacciatori...
    3 KB (318 words) - 02:59, 17 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Gentilino
    Louis the Pious to the clergy of Como. During the 11th century it belonged to the monastery of S. Abbondio in Como. The union of the monastic estates...
    5 KB (463 words) - 16:27, 17 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Bellagio, Lombardy
    Bellagio, Lombardy (category Municipalities of the Province of Como)
    comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is located on Lake Como, also known by its Latin-derived name Lario...
    36 KB (4,577 words) - 15:55, 15 August 2024