List of Famous people born in Lombardy, Italy
Angelo Maria Durini
Angelo Maria Durini was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman-Catholic Church.
Bartolomea Capitanio
Bartolomea Capitanio was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she established with Vincenza Gerosa. Capitanio's rather short life was dedicated to the educational needs of children and the poor and she served as a teacher for most of her life while using her order to achieve this aim.
Guido da Suzzara
Guido da Suzzara was an Italian jurist. He was defense counsel at the trial of Conradin. Joseph Canning comments that he was important in establishing that the princeps was bound by his contracts and privileges [...].
Benedetto Antelami
Benedetto Antelami was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Romanesque school, whose "sculptural style sprang from local north Italian traditions that can be traced back to late antiquity" Little is known about his life. He was probably originally from Lombardy, perhaps born in Val d'Intelvi. It is believed from the Provençal style of his art that he served as apprentice at Saint-Trophime d'Arles. In 1178 he was at work at the Parma Cathedral, where, in the right transept, he executed a bas-relief of the Deposition from the Cross. His name and the date are inscribed in the work, which, in addition to the Provençal element, shows both classical and Byzantine influence.
Eugenio Villoresi
Daniel Comboni
Daniele Comboni was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop who served in the missions in Africa and was the founder of both the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and the Comboni Missionary Sisters. Comboni studied under Nicola Mazza in Verona where he became a multi-linguist and in 1849 vowed to join the missions in the African continent although this did not occur until 1857 when he travelled to Sudan. He continued to travel back and forth from his assignment to his native land in order to found his congregations and attend to other matters, and returned in 1870 for the First Vatican Council in Rome until its premature closing due to conflict.
Ernesto Pirovano
Ormondo Maini
Ezio Sancrotti
Adelaide Tosi
Adelaide Tosi was an Italian operatic soprano.