 In 1567, all the villages (members of the Vicinanza) of Giornico asked San Carlo Borromeo to give them the independence from the parish of Bodio, but without success.However, in 1602 Federico Borromeo decided in favor of the separation and Pollegio finally became an independent parish.On 6 June 1622, Federico Borromeo officially erected the Seminary of Pollegio using the assets of the suppressed order of Humiliati, and on 16 July 1626 he determined its rules of conduct.