Brindisi

Title

Brindisi

Also Known As

Chiesa della Madonna del Ponte, Parvus Pons Brundusii, Sta Maria del Ponte piccolo, Sta. Maria in (parvo) Ponte Brundusii

Dates

Founded ca. 1180; dissolved by 1310

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Barletta

Medieval Diocese

Brindisi

Circary

Rome

History

The Premonstratensian abbey of Brindisi was founded ca. 1180, likely with funds given by Margarito (or Margaritus) of Brindisi, the first count of Malta and a former pirate. The abbey was immediately subject to the Holy See.

Brindisi is a poorly documented community. It appears to have been dissolved by 1310, likely because of economic struggles.

The abbey church was destroyed in the late 18th century, and nothing now remains of the monastic complex; the exact former location is unknown, but it is thought to have been near what is today the Porta Lecce.

Heads of Community

Abbots

R., fl. 1216
Angelus?, fl. 1221
Bene, fl. 1244
P., fl. 1274

Status

Abbey

Bibliography

Guadalupi, Francesco. “La pisside della chiesa di Santa Maria Del Ponte (ormai diruta) a Brindisi.” Brundarte, January 7, 2021. http://www.brundarte.it/2021/01/07/la-pisside-della-chiesa-santa-maria-del-ponte-ormai-diruta/.
———. “Madonna del dolce canto – Chiesa di S. Lucia (o della Santissima Trinità).” Brundarte, December 23, 2020. http://www.brundarte.it/2020/12/23/madonna-del-dolce-canto-chiesa-s-lucia-della-santissima-trinita/.

Image Credit

The Chiesa di Madonna del Ponte (at Y, 17th c.). Detail from Joan Blaeu, "Tarento" [sic], Theatrum civitatum nec non admirandorum Neapolis et Siciliae regnorum (1663). Biblioteca Digital Hispánica.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Rome

Citation

“Brindisi,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/444.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Barletta