Lake port on the south-west shore of Lake Maggiore below its castle rock, an abbey town of the Milanese church's orbit.
Its lordship on 1 January 1200 is not pinned; the lmw sheet may hold better evidence.
Who holds it
- Title
- Abbey of San Salvatore and a lay family (not pinned)
- Since
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
it.wikipedia Arona.
Lord in 1200
Not pinned. it.wikipedia says the della Torre (Torriani) already owned the town in the twelfth century while the Benedictine abbey of San Salvatore (Saints Gratinianus and Felinus), founded by Count Amizzone of the Seprio about 979, kept civil and religious authority; neither claim is confirmed elsewhere here, and the archbishops of Milan's lordship comes only at the end of the thirteenth century.
Walls and castle
The castle rock (Rocca).
Trade and crafts
Lake traffic toward the Ossola and the Simplon.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: One general source, with a doubtful early claim for the della Torre.
Primary sources for Milan
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Chronicle of Sicard, bishop of Cremona, Sicard of Cremona (about 1210 to 1213). A universal chronicle whose last part is a well-placed eyewitness account by a Lombard bishop who served emperors and popes. Read online
- The Lombard city annals of Piacenza, Milan, Cremona, Parma, Mantua and Verona (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries). The communes' own year lists. Read online
- The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.