Simone da Orsenigo

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Simone da Orsenigo was an architect and builder of the fourteenth century. Hailing from Lombardy, he was most likely a native of Orsenigo, near Como. Orsenigo is remembered mostly for his work on the Cathedral of Milan. On a 1387 list of masters working on the Duomo, his name comes immediately after that of Marco da Campione, who headed the associates. On it, Orsengio is called an engineer {Insegnerius).

Another master with the same name, Paulino Orsenigo, was also employed at the cathedral--in 1400--as master of the scaffolding.

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.