Aqualta

Title

Aqualta

Also Known As

Acqua Alta, de Albana Aque, de Habatia Acqualtis, La Badia d’Acqua Alta

Dates

Founded 12th c.; dissolved late 14th century?

Dedication

Peter

Affiliation

Orvieto

Medieval Diocese

Orvieto

Circary

Rome

History

Originally an independent Benedictine community, Aqualta was founded in the 1130s by a member of the lordly Bulgarelli family.  Its history is obscure. It was affiliated with the Premonstratensian house of Orvieto from around the 13th century. It was badly damaged in warfare in the 14th century, and disappears from the historical record after 1385.

Only some partial ruins remain on the site today, much overgrown.

Status

Abbey

Reference

MP, I: 386

Bibliography

Piselli, Daniele. “San Pietro di Acqua Alta.” In Comunità laica e religiosa di Montegabbione: chiese ed abazie nei sec. XII-XIV, 17–21. Quarto d’Altino: Pro Loco Montegabbione, 2018. https://www.ilcastellodimontegabbione.it/IlGobbo/Pubblicazioni/2018%20-%20Comunit%C3%A0%20laica%20e%20religiosa%20di%20Montegabbione/COMUNIT%C3%80%20LAICA%20E%20RELIGIOSA%20DI%20MONTEGABBIONE.pdf.

Image Credit

The ruins of S. Pietro di Acqua Alta, ca. 1980. Piselli, "San Pietro di Acqua Alta."

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Rome

Citation

“Aqualta,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/1015.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Orvieto