[1] During the Carolingian period San Damiano was a village built around a monastery under the supervision of Saint Ambrose of Milan.

[2] In a document dating to the year 853, San Damiano housed a church dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian.

[5] In 1863 it was renamed San Damiano of Monza[5] but in 1866 the commune was annexed definitively to the new town of Brugherio after a strong debate.

San Damiano is under the control of Sant'Albino's parish that is from the administrative point of view under Monza's supervision,[9][10] but from the perspective of the religious community under the pastoral Epiphany of the Lord in Brugherio.

[12] In San Damiano, some holidays are celebrated: one in June that is organised by the Department for Cultural Heritage of Brugherio and takes place in a neighborhood north of the city;[13] and another in November.