Pieve

In the Middle Ages, a pieve (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːve], Corsican: [ˈpjɛvɛ]; Latin: plebe; plural pievi) was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended.

For the commune in Corsica, see Piève.
For other placenames, see List of pievi.
The pieve of Piona

The Italian word pieve is descended from Latin plebs which, after the expansion of Christianity in Italy, was applied to the community of baptized people. Many pievi began to appear in the 5th century, as Christianity expanded in the rural areas outside the main cities. In the 9th-10th centuries, they were often designed with bell towers.

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