Trebbo di Reno / Tribblum / Tribium / Triplum

INFORMATION

FontID: 18302TRE
Church/Chapel: Parrocchia di Trebbo di Reno
Church Location: Via Delle Lame, 132, 40013 Castel Maggiore -- Tel.: 051/700115
Country Name: Italy
Location: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Directions to Site: Located SW of Castel Maggiore, N of Bologna
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Bologna
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century (late?), Gothic
Church Notes: According to the Parish site, by the end of the 14th century there was a church building here, but was located closer to the river, and was moved to the present site at the end of the 16thC; that church, had a baptismal font and there is a register of baptisms in the parrochial archives
According to the Parish site [www.parrocchiatrebbo.it/storia.html] and [www.parrocchiatrebbo.it/images/La%20Chiesa%20di%20San%20Giovanni%20..pdf] [accessed 2 February 2013], by the end of the 14th century there was a church building here, but was located closer to the river, and was moved to the present site at the end of the 16thC; that church, had a baptismal font and there is a register of baptisms in the parrochial archives. At the time of the transfer in the late 16th century the old baptismal font was lost [="È certo che fin dal 1300 esisteva una chiesa del Trebbo ma più vicina al fiume dove vi era il passo della Barca; questa Chiesa fu trasportata via dalle acque sul finire del secolo XVI ciò si rileva dal Calindri e da una nota dei Curati del Trebbo, che si conserva nell’Archivio Arcivescovile di Bologna. [...] L’antica chiesa era matrice quindi aveva il fonte Battesimale, come si ricava da un libro antico dei battezzati che conservasi ancora presso l’Archivio Parrocchiale. [...] Nel trasferimento del culto dalla vecchia alla nuova Chiesa gli abitanti perdettero il giuspatronato e divenne di libera collazione del Vescovo di Bologna. La chiesa perdette pure il fonte battesimale [...] 1590 la chiesa attuale fu edificata sotto il rettorato di D. Pietro Bertoldi." The present baptismal font is described and illustrated in this same source as an early-20th century marble font consisting of a shallow round basin with moulded sides, raised on a round slender shaft decorated with a blank shield, and a round-to-square lower base. The cover of this modern font has a sculpture of the Baptism of Christ as finial. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the earlier fonts of this church].