Caronno Pertusella is a town and comune located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. It has a population of about 17,775. Caronno Pertusella has a train station, which has Milan’s suburban railway lines S1 and S3 connecting to Saronno, Milano Cadorna, Lodi, and Milan’s main line stations. Cardinal Giovanni Colombo, the Archbishop of Milan in the mid-20th century, and one-time Papabile, was born in Caronno Pertusella.