Camaiore No. 1 / Pieve di Camaiore

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08118CAM
Object Type: Other
Object Details: sarcophagus, Roman
Font Century and Period/Style: Roman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Pieve di Santo Stefano e San Giovanni Battista
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen & St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: original church documented 817; re-built 10th and 12thC; This "pieve" is not the main church in the village [the 13th century Collegiata is] and is located in the hamlet of Pieve, outside the village of Camaiore
Church Address: Camaiore, località La Pieve, Piazza Don Renzo Gori, 55041 Camaiore LU, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0584 988902
Site Location: Lucca, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP1, E off the SS439, about 25 km NW of Lucca capital. The church is about 500 m S of the village, in the hamlet of Pieve
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lucca
Additional Comments: re-purposed sarcophagus / re-cycled 2nd-3rdC sarcophagus, now a font
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in the Italian Wikipedia [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieve_di_Santo_Stefano_(Camaiore)] [accessed 30 May 2025] mentions a baptismal font carved out of a 2nd-3rd century sarcophagus in it: "L'interno custodisce un fonte battesimale, ricavato da un sarcofago del II-III secolo". Ilustrated in an 8 February 2014 digital photograph by Mongolo 1984 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fonte_battesimale,_ricavato_da_un_sarcofago_del_II-III_secolo,_Pieve_di_Camaiore.JPG] [accessed 30 May 2025]. The sarcophagus fragment consists of a full front side of the object built into an interior wall of the church; the decoration of the side includes a large central medallion containing a human bust (the head lacking any facial detail), held by two winged figures; two tragic theatre maks in the corners below; on each side of the central motif is a pair of naked putti holding fruits, floral and foliage motifs. [cf. BSI entry for Camaiore No. 2 for the font in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta].

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 606598 4865029
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.93066, 10.32803
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 55′ 50.38″ N, 10° 19′ 40.91″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: rectangular, wall mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular