A small place in the plain east of Bologna, loyal to the emperor out of fear of Bologna, with a privilege of 1155 that kept it out of Bologna's contado in law.
Who holds it
- Name
- The community of Medicina (its own podestà; names not pinned)
- Title
- Community under imperial protection
- Since
- May 1155
- Confidence
- low
Barbarossa's diploma of May 1155 made Medicina a free community under imperial protection, autonomous from Bologna and with fixed bounds; Bologna often took it and walled it, but the emperors restored its status. No lords of Medicina are pinned for 1200.
Lord in 1200
Not pinned between its own imperial privilege and Bologna's rule.
How things stand that morning
Contested in practice between its imperial freedom and Bologna.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Italian Wikipedia on Medicina.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.