Vico Pisano No. 3 / Vicopisano

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17393VIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Pieve di Santa Maria e San Giovanni [aka Santa Maria Addolorata e San Giovanni Apostolo]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. John
Site Location: Pisa, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP38, about 15 kms E of Pisa (the city), 50 km W of Florence
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Pisa
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in the Italian Wikipedia [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieve_di_Santa_Maria_(Vicopisano)] [accessed 11 September 2025] a holy-water stoup made up of a re-purposed Etruscan stone and a Romanesque capital located in the north aisle, a 13th-century stoup located in the south aisle, and a small baptismal font made of marble in the 15th century, also in the right aisle: "un'acquasantiera ricavata da un cippo etrusco e sorretta da un capitello romano rovesciato (inizio navata destra), un'acquasantiera duecentesca (navata sinistra) e il piccolo fonte battesimale marmoreo quattrocentesco con il Battesimo di Cristo in rilievo ed una statua bronzea del Battista a decorarlo (navata destra)." The site of the Comune di Vicopisano [www.comune.vicopisano.pi.it] reports a baptismal font of the 15-16th century in this church [="fonte battesimale, realizzato nel XV-XVI secolo"] [cf. Index entries for Vicopisano Nos. 1 and 2 for two holy-water stoups also listed in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 627616 4837920

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble