San Vito di Leguzzano

Comune in Veneto, Italy

Location of San Vito di Leguzzano

45°41′N 11°23′E / 45.683°N 11.383°E / 45.683; 11.383CountryItalyRegionVenetoProvinceVicenza (VI)FrazioniLeguzzanoGovernment

• MayorUmberto PoscolieroArea

^[1]

• Total6.13 km² (2.37 sq mi)Elevation

158 m (518 ft)Population

(31 December 2015)^[2]

• Total3,608 • Density590/km² (1,500/sq mi)DemonymSanvitesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

36030

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]

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
^ 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.