Bosco No. 1 / Bosco nr. S. Giovanni a Piro

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inscription

Scene Description: with the name of the donor and the date

view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bosco, frazione di San Giovanni a Piro: il campanile della chiesa San Nicola da Bari."

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Image Source: digital photograph 17 March 2011 by Flabos [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Giovanni_a_Piro_-_frazione_Bosco_-_chiesa_di_San_Nicola_di_Bari_-_campanile.jpg] [accessed 9 March 2024]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "paesaggio della frazione di Bosco (SA)."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital photograph 17 March 2011 by Flabos [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bosco_paesaggio.jpg] [accessed 9 March 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08106BOS
Church/Chapel: Abbazia di S. Nicola / Chiesa parrocchiale oggi di San Nicola a Bosco
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Via Nuova Provinciale, 2, Bosco, 84070 San Giovanni a Piro SA, Italy
Country Name: Italy
Location: Salerno, Campania
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality and about 4 km from S. Giovanni a Piro, 120 km S of Salerno capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1545
Century and Period: 16th century(mid),
Baptismal font dated 1545 by an inscription which also gives the name of the donor, the abbot Marzius [source: http://www.parrocchie.it/sangiovanniapiro/bosco/paese.htm] ["Fonte Battesimale del 1545 che porta incisa, intorno all'orlo, la seguente epigrafe: "Hoc opus fieri fecit Abbas Marzius Anno Domini 1545" (Fece fare quest'opera l'Abate Marzio Carllon l'anno del Signore 1545". Si conserva inoltre una pila d'acqua santa in pietra, con bassorilievi di animali acquatici, del 1650" -- cf. Index entry for Bosco No. 2]. The Italian Wikipedia entry for this church mentions a font of 1545 and a holy-water stoup of 1650 in it ["un battistero datato 1545 in selce gialla e un'acquasantiera del 1650"]

COORDINATES

UTM: 33T 4435800 538891

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, flint

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: around the upper rim
Inscription Text: "Hoc opus fieri fecit Abbas Marzius Anno Domini 1545"
Inscription Source: www.parrocchie.it/sangiovanniapiro/bosco/paese.htm