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Susanna Fontanarossa ( Val Bisagno o Val Trebbia, 1435 – 1489) fu, secondo alcuni antichi documenti, la madre di Cristoforo Colombo .
Jul 6, 2023 · He may have been the son of Susanna Fontanarossa and Domenico Colombo, a wool merchant. Genoa had close trading ties with other regions, including several Spanish kingdoms, and Columbus...
May 16, 2024 · Columbus was the eldest son of Domenico Colombo, a Genoese wool worker and merchant, and Susanna Fontanarossa, his wife. His career as a seaman began effectively in the Portuguese merchant marine.
Sep 15, 2016 · Columbus' mother and father were Susanna of Fontanarossa and Domenico Colombo. Both parents were in the wool weaving trade, both working in Genoa (Domenico also worked in Savona). Domenico also owned a cheese stand, where young Christopher would help out from time to time.
Dec 22, 2023 · Susanna (Fontanarossa) Colombo is Notable. She is the mother of Christopher Columbus. Almost nothing is known about her before her marriage to Domenico Colombo in 1445 except that she was born in the hillside village of Monticellu on the then Genoese island of Corsica.
Mar 20, 2020 · It’s possible that his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa and his father was a wool merchant named Domenico Colombo. 2. There's also the theory that Christopher Columbus was from Portugal. Despite...
Oct 12, 1998 · The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor: 'Susanna Fontanarossa' by Thomas Lux, and the literary and historical notes for Monday, October 12, 1998.
