Umberto Bossi, Northern League Founder, Dies at 84; Funeral Set for Sunday

Bossi's funeral to be held on Sunday in Pontida

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 20 - The funeral of Northern League founder Umberto Bossi, who died on Thursday aged 84, will take place at the party's spiritual home of Pontida on Sunday, family sources said on Friday. The service will be held at the northern Italian town's 'Abbazia di San Giacomo Maggiore' (James the Great Abbey), the sources said. Every year the League holds a big rally in Pontida, where the Oath of Pontida marking the foundation of the Lombard League was signed in 1167. (see related s...

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