Correggio is a town and comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, in the Po valley. As of 31 October 2022 Correggio had an estimated population of 25,050. Its patron saint is Quirinus of Sescia, to whom the Basilica of San Quirino is dedicated. It was the seat of Veronica Gambara, a noted politician poet who ruled the principality after the death of her husband Giberto X, Count of Correggio, from 1518 to 1550.