Pusiano (
Brianzöö: ) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Como
The Province of Como ( it, Provincia di Como; german: Provinz Como; Comasco: ) is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and L ...
, in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy
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, located about north of
Milan
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, and about east of
Como
Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label= Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como.
Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps ...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,225, and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
Pusiano borders the following municipalities:
Canzo
Canzo (; lmo, Canz , Canzés, locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of the Italian province of Como. It is the last town north of the historical Brianza region of Lombardy, capital of the Lake Como Triangle community and a regional tourism ...
,
Cesana Brianza
Cesana Brianza is a '' municipality'' of 2,393 inhabitants in the Province of Lecco in Lombardy, about north of Milan and southwest of Lecco.
The territory of Cesana Brianza is located near Lake Pusiano, located on the southern slope of Mount ...
,
Eupilio
Eupilio ( Brianzöö: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about east of Como.
Eupilio borders the following municipalities: Bosisio Parini, Canzo, Cesana B ...
.
Demographic evolution
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19th-century Pusiano millennial cult
In the 19th century, Pusiano became known for a small
millennial
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cult founded by Angela Isacchi (1827-1895) and her sister Teresa (1833-1890). The “prophetesses of Pusiano” proclaimed in the 1850s that the messages they were allegedly receiving from God (the “Holy Word”) were the third testament of the divine revelation, and that the
Papal States
The Papal States ( ; it, Stato Pontificio, ), officially the State of the Church ( it, Stato della Chiesa, ; la, Status Ecclesiasticus;), were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope fro ...
and the
Austrian Empire
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would both disappear if they would not officially recognize the new revelation. The Isacchi sisters were supported by some local priests in Pusiano, while cardinal
Andrea Carlo Ferrari
Andrea Ferrari (13 August 1850 – 2 February 1921) – later adopting the middle name "Carlo" – was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a cardinal and as the Archbishop of Milan from 1894 until his death. Ferrari was a well- ...
in Milan and the Vatican regarded them as just mentally disturbed.
The last remnants of the cult disappeared in the 1930s.
Twin towns
Pusiano is
twinned with:
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Magyarszék, Hungary
References
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Cities and towns in Lombardy