Piobesi No. 1 / Piobesi Torinese

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08069PIO
Object Type: Baptismal Font2, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di S. Giovanni ai Campi
Font Location in Church: [discovered in the site of the present church]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: 11thC(?) church on the site of a 5th-7thC one; much modified since
Church Address: SP145, 10040 Piobesi Torinese TO, Italy -- Tel.: +39 338 145 2945
Site Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP145, about 15 km SW of Turin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Torino
Font Notes:
The bottom of an Early-Christian baptismal font was recently discovered in the site of Chiesa S. Giovanni; it is believed to be dated to the 5th or 6th century [source: http://213.26.90.64/camperpiero/news-sito_2002/homepage_25-2002.htm]. Described in Pieve di San Giovanni ai campi di Piobesi Torinese [https://www.pievedipiobesi.org/la-pieve-di-san-giovanni/] [accesed 25 May 2025] as the possible base of an immersion font in a 5th-7th century building excavated in 1997: "gli scavi, compiuti dalla Sovrintendenza nel 1997, hanno riportato alla luce i resti di un grande edificio di culto databile al V-VII secolo, di cui è possibile ammirare, all’interno della pieve, i resti di un abside e forse la base di una vasca battesimale ad immersione".

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 390846 4976475
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.921762, 7.602974

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment