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Villasanta ( La Santa) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italy region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan.
Villasanta borders the following municipalities: Arcore, Biassono, Monza, Concorezzo.
The comune of Villa San Fiorano existed from the 14th century until 1757.
The existence of the church dedicated to Saint Anastasia is confirmed by a document from AD 768, though its founding is likely much older. According to historian Oleg Zastrow, who conducted a study on the parish's history, the church can be dated to the time of Theodoric the Great () or earlier.Oleg Zastrow, La chiesa di Santa Anastasia a Villasanta: dalle origini remote ai tempi odierni, Parrocchia Santa Anastasia, 2004.
Another document confirms the presence, in 961, of the church and attached hospice (in Latin, xenodochium) of Saint Alexander in the area where the homonymous district now stands. The hospice operated for several centuries, likely abandoned .
The settlement that developed around the church of Saint Anastasia adopted its name over the centuries, first known as the "Place of the Saint," and later simply "La Santa." The areas corresponding to the districts of Sant'Alessandro and San Fiorano were called Villola or Coliate in medieval documents and later Villa.
In 1578, the church of Saint Anastasia, which until then had been dependent on the Monza Cathedral, was elevated to a parish by Saint Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan. The parish encompassed the entire municipal territory, though it remained administratively divided: La Santa continued to be part of Monza, while Villa became a separate municipality named Villa San Fiorano. In 1791, the municipality of Villa San Fiorano remained under the jurisdiction of the Monza court, part of the XIII "censual district" of the province of Milan.
In 1928, La Santa was separated from Monza and merged with Villa San Fiorano. Since it constituted a significant part of the new municipality, in 1929, the name was changed to Villasanta, a fusion of the two original names.
The elements in the coat of arms are taken from the heraldry of three ancient families. The watermelon or melon refers to the Mellerio family; the silver and black stripes and the dog are symbols of the Taverna family;Coat of arms of the Taverna family of Milan: ''quartered: 1st and 4th, bendy of silver and black; 2nd and 3rd, azure, a dog argent, collared gold, seated on a silver cushion, on a silver base, gazing at a star (8) or, in the upper left corner''. the fess with a horse bit and three rings refers to the Somaglia family.
The gonfalon is a split drape of blue and green.
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