Piossasco
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Scene Description: "Piossasco: San Vito (TO, Italy)"
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symbol - shield - coat of arms or emblem - Gabriel De Burri di Piossasco
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © FiloDiStoria, 2026
Image Source: digital image in FiloDiStoria https://www.filodistoria.it/contributi-collaborazioni/corona-verde/fonte-battesimale/ [accessed 8 February 2026]
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inscription
Scene Description: bearing the name of the donor and the date 1461
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © FiloDiStoria, 2026
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26105UDK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1461
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa Parrochiale dei Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia di Piossasco
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the NW corner of the N aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vitus, Modest and Crescenzia
Church Notes: original church 11thC; much modified 16th and 17thC; renovated 19th, 20th and 21stC
Church Address: Piazza/Via San Vito 1, 10045 Piossasco (TO), Italy -- Tel.: +39 011 904 1610
Site Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the SP589, about 20 km WSW of Turin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Torino
Font Notes:
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Octagonal stone baptismal font of 1461 bering an inscription and the coat of arms/emblem of the De Buri family noted in Mole24 [https://mole24.it/2025/12/16/chiesa-dei-santi-vito-modesto-e-crescenzia-di-piossasco/] [accessed 8 February 2026]: "Fonte battesimale del 1461 con epigrafe gotica e stemma De Buri". Noted and illustrated in Corona Verde di San Vito [https://www.filodistoria.it/contributi-collaborazioni/corona-verde/fonte-battesimale/] [accessed 8 February 2026]; this source provides the transciption of the Latin inscription which gives the donor's name, Gabriele De Burri di Piossasco, prior of the church, and the date of the dedication, 1461.
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the basin sides
Inscription Text: "HIC OPUS FECIT FIERI VENERABILIS RELIGIOSUS FRATER GABRIEL DE BURRIIS DE PIOSSASCO, PRIOR ECCLESSIAE SCTI VITI, DE DICTO LOCO AD HONOREM DEI AT BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS, AC BEATORUM MARTIRUM VITI, MODESTI ATQUE CRESCENTIAE ET TOTIUS CURIAE COELESSTIS, MCCCLXI"
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