Archeological discoveries attesting to the presence of inhabitants in the area of Albairate date the first settlements to the Bronze Age, when the area was inhabited by the Ligurians.[3]
Albairate is first mentioned in documents in 1054, as a fief of the Milanese monastery of San Vittore, as well as having property attributable to Milanese noble families. During the 13th century, the process of the town being released from vassalage and instituted as a proper rural comune took place. It later passed, along with the rest of Milanese territory, under the rule of the Visconti and then the Sforza.
On April 5, 1570, CardinalCarlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, paid a visit to Albairate stimulating a spiritual renewal of the parish and starting the social development of the country.
