Market borgo and pieve centre of the northern Seprio, below the sanctuary of Santa Maria del Monte, on the road from Milan to Lake Lugano and Lake Maggiore.
Its own institutions in 1200 are not pinned.
Who holds it
- Title
- Borgo of the Seprio under Milan
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
The commune of Milan (the Seprio passed in practice to Milan); the archbishop holds church rights.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: General knowledge; no source read gives Varese's status in 1200.
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.