The town has changed its name more than once: in the documents it is Virgonto, Vergunto, Vergonto, Vergunti, Vergonte, and at one point even Pietra Santa. The Agoni seem to have settled in this country, and a trace of them survives in the names of the river Agogna and of nearby Vogogna.
When the Cimbri came down into Italy, the consul Quintus Lutatius Catulus went up the Toce and fortified himself in two castles: Plutarch, in the Life of Marius, puts them one on each side of the river, not far from ancient Vergunto and from Vogogna. The Romans had to withdraw, though, and the small garrison left behind was beaten easily.
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📅 Every year, on 22 January; a dedicated liturgical celebration, granted in 1879, is held the last Sunday of October
Pieve Vergonte celebrates Saints Vincent and Anastasius on 22 January; in 1879 the Sacred Congregation of Rites granted the parish its own office and liturgy for a solemn annual celebration, still held today on the last Sunday of October.
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Outside Pieve Vergonte, but an easy day trip away.
