The Controguerra Parish Archive

The Controguerra Parish Archive preserves the most important documents of the spiritual life of the town. In addition to the documentation relating to pastoral visits and parish chronicles, the valuable ancient registers of the parish are worth mentioning, that is the four Baptismal Books (Book of Baptism renewed by me D. Pompeo Massimo Pievano di Contraguerra on 26 June 1609, academic year 1609-1722; Liber secundus baptizatorum confectus a me Petro Tristobono Terrae Turani Plebano in ista Controguerrae ab anno 1732, academic year 1732-1802; Liber tertius baptizatorum confectus a me Ioanne Hieronymo Plebano Berardini terrae Controguerrae anno domini 1802, academic year 1802-1856; Liber Baptizatorum Controguerrae 1856, academic year 1856-1888), the three Books of the Dead (Liber Mortuorum, academic year 1668-1698, which was supposed to begin in 1668 but is mutilated and the first page shows the dead from the year 1671; Liber Mortuorum renovatus per D. Petrum Tristoboni Plebanum anno millesimo septicentesimo trigesimo secundo 1732 , academic year 1732-1851; Liber Mortuorum Contraguerrae 1852 Petrus Dipietro Plebanus, academic year 1852-1891),the two Marriage Books (Liber hic que matrimonia Controguerrae (…), academic year 1732-1861; Liber secundus conjugatorum confectus a D.no Ioanne Hieronymo Berardini Plebano Terrae Controguerrae anno Domini Millesimo Octigesimo secundo, academic year 1802-1814) and a Book of the Confirmed (Liber Confirmatorum terrae Controg.re factus in Occasionis Sancte Visitationis et Rev.mi D.ni Episcopi Agustini Aloysii Maria Civelli hodie die vigesima sexta mensis Novembris anni 1777 existente Plebano Parochialis Ecclesie Rend. Hieronymo Berardini eiusdem terre, aa. 1777-1890 ).

(The archive is not open to the public, it is accessed by contacting the parish priest)