Domenico Colombo
(c. 1418–between 1494 and 1500)
BIRTH
c. 1418
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
between November 30, 1494 and April 8, 1500
PLACE
Unknown
FAMILY
CHILDREN
Christopher Columbus
(c. 1451-1506)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Domenico Colombo was a Genoese wool worker and merchant, and the father of Christopher Columbus. Archival studies identify his wife as Susanna Fontanarossa and document family moves between Genoa and Savona.
EARLY LIFE
A Library of Congress research collection summarizes Genoese records of Domenico’s apprenticeship as a wool weaver in 1429. No secure birth date is established there.
Domenico worked in the wool trade and also kept a tavern. Financial and property records place him in Genoa and later Savona.
CAREER
DEATH
Domenico Colombo was still alive on November 30, 1494, when a Genoese document described him as a former wool weaver. A document of April 8, 1500 named his children as heirs, establishing that he had died by then. Treccani says his exact death date, cause, and burial place are unknown.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
105898