1177 in Italy
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Events during the year 1177 in Italy.
Events
- Treaty of Venice : The Treaty of Venice or Peace of Venice, 1177, was an important peace treaty between the papacy and its allies, the north Italian city-states of the Lombard League, and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor.[1] The Norman Kingdom of Sicily also took part in negotiations and the treaty thereby determined the political course of all Italy for the next several years.
- 1 August − Holy Roman Empire renounces any claims on the territory of Rome.
- Consecration of The Chiesa di San Salvatore (of the Holy Saviour) in Venice, by Pope Alexander III
- Construction of the Romanesque Basilica of San Lorenzo in Verona
- 13 February Joan of England (October 1165 – 4 September 1199) the seventh child of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine married William II of Sicily at Palermo Cathedral.
Births
- Saint Sylvester Gozzolini (Italian: Silvestro Guzzolini; 1177 – 26 November 1267), an Italian saint, the founder of the religious order known as the Sylvestrines