Anchiano in Borgo a Mazzano
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symbol - emblem - Nicolao II Sandonnini [bishop of Lucca]
view of church exterior in context - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo, Anchiano"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mabert1627, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2019 by Mabert1627 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiesa_San_Pietro_Apostolo_Anchiano.jpg] [accessed 6 April 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 22609ANC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chiesa parrochiale di San Pietro Apostolo
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Via della Chiesa, Anchiano, 55023 Borgo a Mozzano LU, Italy
Country Name: Italy
Location: Lucca, Toscana
Directions to Site: Anchiano, originally a hamlet of Borgo a Mazzano and to its SW; now part of the Borgo, is E of the SS12 and the Serchio river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lucca
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century (late?), Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: original church documented 10thC but now disappeared;
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in PROLOCO [https://sites.google.com/site/prolocoborgoamozzano/cosa-visitare/chiese] [accessed 6 April 2020] notes: "All'interno della chiesa è possibile ammirare il fonte battesimale della fine del XV secolo". The font is said to bear the emblem of Nicolao II Sandonnini, bishop of Lucca
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.968356, 10.530632
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 58′ 6.08″ N, 10° 31′ 50.27″ E
UTM: 32T 622783 4869497