News related to the history of Stimigliano goes up again to the VI century and they conducts to Galla, the daughter of Simmaco, adviser of Teodorico king of the Goths, that built a basilic devoted to St. valentine in "Messa Cronicle quae vulgo dicitur Septimiliana".  The indication "Septimiliana" makes to hypothesize today the presence of a Gens Septimia, as owner of a Roman villa in the territory Stimigliano. The villa and the consequent of the small center was invaded by the Barbarians and the population was sheltered on a high hill, where they built the "Castrum Stimiliani".The castrum passed partly to the monastery of S.Andrea al flumine (X century) and in the following centuries to the Abbey of Farfa, as it results by a papal bead of Leo IX in 1049. It had been dominion of the Orsinis since 1368 to 1604 when, to the death of Henry Orsini, Stimigliano returned under the direct government of the Pope. In the following centuries the history of Stimigliano is identical to the others cities and countries of central Italy; from the French dominion at the times of Napoleon to the annexation of the kingdom of Italy.
Until to the XIX century the communications and the transports with Rome were insured sailing the course of the Tevere.
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