Susanna Fontanarossa
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Susanna Fontanarossa (?-?) was the mother of Cristoforo Colombo, a Genoese wool weaver commonly believed to have been Cristoval Colon, the famous navigator and explorer wrongly credited as the discoverer of the Americas.
Nothing is known about her before her marriage to Domenico Colombo in 1445. She bore 5 children to Domenico: Cristoforo Colombo, Bartolomeo Colombo, Giovanni Colombo, Giacomo Colombo and a daughter named Bianchinetta Colombo.
Little is known about her after 1484. She died before Domenico, her husband.
