Sanctuary Of San Martino
The sanctuaryThe definition of "sanctuary" instead of "church" is traced back to 1978, when it had already lost its function as a parish church, replaced by the new church of San Martino, built in Piazza Soncino starting in 1957 and blessed in 1961. (Cf. Scurati (1987), pp. 189-191) The change of definition was probably intended, with the same dedication to Martin of Tours, to make a formal distinction between the two churches, valuing the fact that the relics of St. Saturninus and Blessed Balsamo Abbot were still preserved in the old church of St. Martin. of San Martino Vescovo (Italian language, Italian: ''Santuario di San Martino Vescovo'') in Cinisello Balsamo, Balsamo (of which he is the patron saint and protector) is a Church (building), religious building in the city of Cinisello Balsamo, located at the confluence of Via San Saturnino (south) and Via San Martino (north), facing the Avenue of Remembrances. Historically, it has also been the reference church of the local Bals ...
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Cinisello Balsamo
Cinisello Balsamo (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of about 75,200 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy, about northeast of Milan city center. Cinisello Balsamo borders the following municipalities: Monza, Muggiò, Nova Milanese, Paderno Dugnano, Cusano Milanino, Sesto San Giovanni, Bresso. The current ''comune'' was formed in 1928 by the union of Cinisello and Balsamo, and received the honorary title of city through a presidential decree on 17 October 1972. Etymology Cinisello (from the Latin ''cinis'', "Ashes", through ''cinixellum'', indicating the fertility of the land from the ashen color, but traditional, though not exactly confirmed - even if you have found Roman remains in the area - is the theory that "Cinisello" comes from "Cinis Aelii", "Ash of Aelius", a Roman gens had here, probably, a branch of the Imperial Age) is the western part of the city. In another theory (also not exactly confirmed) resulting from studi ...
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