Bernalda / Bernàlle / Camarda / Vernàlle

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08063BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early?)
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa Madre di San Bernardino da Siena a Bernalda
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bernardino of Siena
Church Notes: early-16thC church; modified 17th, 20thC
Church Address: Piazza S. Bernardino, 3, 75012 Bernalda MT, Italy -- Tel.:+39 0835 544835
Site Location: Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the E847, 9 km W of Metaponto, about 30 km S of Matera
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Matera-Irsina
Font Notes:
Baptismal font probably of the original date of the church, ca. 1509. ["Per quanto riguarda la Cappella del Fonte Battesimale vi è un passo nel quale si legge:« Deinde accessit ad visitandum fontem baptesimalis quae invenit clausum, fecit aperire et intus dictam fontem invenit vasculum argilleum ubi conservatur sacramenta et acqua baptimalis ad effectum ut in dicta suspectatione turcorum possit asportari in castra et cum interrogasset quoad dictam fontem statuto tempore benedicsit...»."] [source http://www.comune.bernalda.matera.it/chiese/sanbernardino.htm]. Aholy-water stoup of 1607 in this church is mentioned in the Italian Wikipedia entry [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Bernardino_da_Siena_(Bernalda)] [accessed 25 May 2025]: "acquasantiera (1607)" without further details.

COORDINATES

UTM: 33T 643273 4473901
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.4034, 16.6884
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 24′ 12.24″ N, 16° 41′ 18.24″ E