Not a single town but the name of the district between the southern tip of the eastern arm of Lake Como and the Valsassina, with its castle on the hill of San Stefano and its lake fleet, Milan's ally against Como in the war of 1118-1127.
Its relations with the commune of Milan grow tense and come to arms before a peace in 1219; it wins recognition of some rights in 1224 and its castle is razed by Milan in 1250.
Who holds it
- Name
- Archbishop Filippo da Lampugnano (Church map record)
- Title
- The archbishop of Milan's lordship of Lecco
- Confidence
- medium
Lord in 1200
The archbishop of Milan, lord of Lecco and the lands east of the lake since Otto I took the county from its last count in 960; the community of Lecco governs itself under him and is on bad terms with Milan's commune.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Italian Wikipedia, Storia di Lecco.
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.