BORGO

SAN DONNINO  , a town and episcopal see of Emilia, Italy, in the province of Parma, 14 M . N.W. by rail from the town of Parma . Pop . (1901) town, 6251; commune, 12,109 . It occupies the site of the ancient Fidentia, on the Via Aemilia; no doubt, as its name shows, of Roman origin . Here M . Lucullus defeated the democrats under Carbo in 82 B.c . It was independent under Vespasian, but seems soon to have become a village dependent on Parma . Its presdnt name comes from the martyrdom of S . Domninus under Maximian in A.D . 304 . The cathedral, erected in honour of this saint, is one of the finest and best-preserved Lombardo-Romanesque churches of the 11th–13th centuries in north Italy .

The upper

part of the facade is incomplete, but the lower, with its three portals and sculptures, is very fine; the interior is simple and well-proportioned, and has not been spoilt by restorations . For the benitier, a work of the early 11th century, see Rdssegna d'Arte, 1905, 180 . Not far from the town is the small church of S . Antonio del Viennese, a 13th-century structure in brick (ib., 1906, 22) . The Palazzo Comunale, in the Gothic-Lombard style, is a work of the 14th century . Borgo S . Donnino is an important centre for the produce and cattle of Emilia . (T .