Pusiano

Pusiano (Brianzöö: Püsian [pyˈzjãː]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como, in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Milan, and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,225, and an area of 3.2 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi).^[3]

Pusiano Püsian (Lombard)
Comune
Comune di Pusiano
Panorama of the Lake of Pusiano
Location of Pusiano
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Coordinates: 45°49′N 9°17′E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Province of Como (CO)
Area [1]
• Total	3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population  (Dec. 2004)[2]
• Total	1,225
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	22030
Dialing code	031

Pusiano borders the following municipalities: Canzo, Cesana Brianza, Eupilio.

Demographic evolution

19th-century Pusiano millennial cult

In the 19th century, Pusiano became known for a small millennial 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 and the Austrian Empire 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 in Milan and the Vatican regarded them as just mentally disturbed.^[4][5] The last remnants of the cult disappeared in the 1930s.^[4][6]

Twin towns

Pusiano is twinned with:

• Magyarszék, Hungary