Settimo in Cascina, nr. Pisa / San Casciano

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08078SET
Object Type: Baptismal Font2
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 12th century(?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Pieve dei Santi San Cassiano e Ippolito
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cassian &
Church Notes: church documented 970; re-built by 1180
Church Address: Piazza S. Casciano, 1, 56021 San Casciano PI, Italy -- Tel.: +39 050 740703
Site Location: Pisa, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Cascina, about 12 km WNW of Pisa capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Pisa
Font Notes:
Described in Garzelli (2002: 13) as an octagonal baptismal font of the 12th century, of the raised-tank type; Gazelli points out that, unlike the fonts at Pisa, Pistoia and other fonts of this type, the font at Settimo was too small to have the lateral tanks added. Noted as a monolithic immersion font possibly dated to the 9th century in [https://www.famigliedellavisitazione.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/Chiese_paleocristiane_romaniche_in_Italia/PROVINCIA DI PISA/PISA-Cascina-(loc.-S.Casciano-a-Settimo)-Pieve-dei-SS.-Cassiano-e-Ippolito.pdf] [accessed 26 May 2025]: "antico fonte battesimale monolitico ad immersione (forse dell'XI secolo)"

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 621966 4838778
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.692, 10.513444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 41′ 31.2″ N, 10° 30′ 48.4″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: raised tank, octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Garzelli, Annarosa, Il fonte del Battistero di Pisa: cavalli, arieti e grifi alle soglie di Nicola Pisano, Ospedaletto (Pisa): Pacini Editore, 2002, p. 13