Town · Prince-bishopric of Trent · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Rovereto

A small borgo in the Val Lagarina dependent on Lizzana for church and civil jurisdiction.

On 1 May 1197 Bishop Conrad founded the hospice of Sant'Ilario for lepers and the poor, with a statute permitting a fair there. it.wikipedia says that Veronese jurisdiction in the Val Lagarina, at Lizzana and Rovereto ended only in the early thirteenth century. The castle comes with Meinhard II of Tyrol in the second half of the thirteenth century, the walls with the Castelbarco about 1300-1320.

Who holds it

Name
Not pinned (the district of Lizzana; the bishop of Trent; Veronese jurisdiction lingering in the valley)
Title
Lord
Since
not pinned
Born
not pinned
Family
not pinned
Confidence
low

it.wikipedia Rovereto.

Lord in 1200

Not pinned (Lizzana's district; the Castelbarco take Castel Lizzana in Conrad's time).

How things stand that morning

A village under Lizzana, at the edge of Trent's and Verona's reach.

Threats

  • Verona

Charter

The Sant'Ilario hospice statute of 1 May 1197 with its fair.

Fairs and markets

The fair at Sant'Ilario, licensed 1 May 1197.

Walls and castle

None in 1200; Castel Lizzana above.

Trade and crafts

The Adige road.

Places of note

  • Castel Lizzana: The castle of the Lizzana district

Where the sources disagree

  • it.wikipedia Rovereto dates Bishop Adelpreto's killing by Aldrighetto of Castelbarco to 1177; the Ferrara text puts it in 1172.

Evidence: Only the 1197 foundation is dated near 1200.

On the map: A point.

Primary sources for Trent

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.

Sources and studies

  1. Rovereto (it.wikipedia)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.