Federico Wanga

Federico Vanga (or Wanga) (German: ''Friedrich von Wangen'') (died 1218) was

Prince-Bishop of Trento The Prince-Bishopric of Trent ( la, Episcopatus ac Principatus Tridentinus; german: Hochstift Trient, Fürstbistum Trient, Bistum Trient) was an ecclesiastical principality roughly corresponding to the present-day Northern Italian autonomous pr ...

from August 9, 1207 until his death. He was born in the noble family of the Lords of Wangen, a hamlet on the

Ritten Ritten (; it, Renon ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy. Territory The community is named after the high plateau, elevation , the Ritten or the Renon, on which most of the villages are located. The plateau forms t ...

near

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...

. As bishop he founded several hospitals and had a defensive tower (''Torre Vanga'') built on the

Adige The Adige (; german: Etsch ; vec, Àdexe ; rm, Adisch ; lld, Adesc; la, Athesis; grc, Ἄθεσις, Áthesis, or , ''Átagis'') is the second-longest river in Italy, after the Po. It rises near the Reschen Pass in the Vinschgau in the prov ...

in Trento. He also began the works for the city's cathedral. He also issued a code of laws (''Codex Wangianus''). He died while taking part in the

Fifth Crusade The Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Egypt, ruled by the powerful Ayyubid sultanate, led by al-Adil, brother of Sala ...

. 12th-century births 1218 deaths Prince-Bishops of Trent 13th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Christians of the Fifth Crusade {{13C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub