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The friendship between the Italian dioceses of Fano, Pesaro and Urbino began as a spin-off from discussions between a St Albans District Councillor, Brian Peyton, and authorities in Fano about civic twinning arrangements.

Coming to learn of the discussions, the late Bishop of Fano, The Rt Revd Vittorio Thomassetti, asked for a message to be conveyed to the Bishop of St Abans that he would also be interested in creating a relationship between churches in the two regions.

The friendship that has developed between bishops and Archbishops, parishes and people led to the signing of an agreement of friendship between the Diocese of St Albans and the Dioceses of Fano, Urbin and Pesaro in January 2008 in St Albans and in Italy a few months later.