San Vito di Leguzzano

San Vito di Leguzzano
Comune
Comune di San Vito di Leguzzano
Church of San Vito.
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Coordinates: 45°41′N11°23′E / 45.683°N 11.383°E / 45.683; 11.383
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Vicenza (VI)
Frazioni	Leguzzano
Government
• Mayor	Umberto Poscoliero
Area [1]
• Total	6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Elevation	158 m (518 ft)
Population  (31 December 2015) [2]
• Total	3,608
• Density	589/km2 (1,520/sq mi)
Demonym	Sanvitesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	36030
Dialing code	0445
Patron saint	Sts. Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia
Website	Official website

San Vito di Leguzzano is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is west of SP46 road.

Sights include the parish church of Sts. Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia and the 16th century church of St. Valentino.

Notable people

• Amelia Barbieri (1918–2016), midwife and lay missionary, who rescued Rwandan orphans during the genocide. ^[3]

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
3. Sartori, Michele (29 April 1994). "Nonna Amelia salva i suoi orfani" [Grandma Amelia saves her orphans](PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). Rome, Italy. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

External links

• (Google Maps)