Chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Maria Rossa

Chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Maria Rossa is a Catholic church of the rito ambrosiano, dedicated to the Vergine Assunta, and its story reaches back to the early Middle Ages. The building was founded around 1140 by Archbishop Robaldo, 1136 to 1146, on the site of an earlier chapel to the Virgin Mary. Although it began as a canonica—houseing priests, not monks—its first Romanesque lines have largely survived despite later alterations and restorations. This connection to ecclesiastical life is also spelled out through specific historical milestones: Robaldo’s successor, Umberto I da Pirovano (1146–1166), protected the community and granted privileges that extended their domains near Rosate. A legal dispute between the canonici of Crescenzago and the preposto of Rosate was ended by Pope Lucius III in 1182. …

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