Founder
Giacomo Pellati
Denominations
Monte di pietà di Fabbrico (1564-1939); Monte di credito su pegno di Fabbrico (1939-1949)
Activity period
1564-1949
Location
Nation/Country: Italia - Region: Emilia-Romagna - Province/District: Reggio Emilia - City: Fabbrico
History
The Monte was founded with a bequest by the cleric Giacomo Pellati in 1564. It was opened in 1566, inside the house of Pellati himself. The date of the ceasing of its activity is unknown, however, according to the dating of the preserved documents, it can be placed around 1949.
Activities
Pawnborking without interest rates or with small interest rates (1 or 2%)
Internal organization
The administration of the institute was entrusted to three people, one of which had to be the pro tempore curate of Fabbrico parish curch.
Denomination
Monte di pietà (fondo)
Date
1658-1949
Consistency
91 units
Archive keeper
Archivio storico del Comune di Fabbrico
Archival history
The fund is aggregated to the commune's historical archive. It is not currently possible to define its extension more precisely, which Rabotti in 1991 described as consisting of 91 units, however over a different time-span (1659-1874).
Research tools
Archivi storici in Emilia-Romagna. Guida generale degli archivi storici comunale. Soprintendenza Archivistica per l'Emilia-Romagna, a cura di Giuseppe Rabotti, Bologna, Edizioni Analisi, 1991, p. 546; Sara Torresan, Jacopo Villani, Inventario dell'archivio storico del comune di Fabbrico, 2010 [dattiloscritto]
Bibliography
Mauro Carboni, Altri Monti di pietà documentati, in Sacri recinti del credito. Sedi e storie dei Monti di pietà in Emilia Romagna, a cura di Mauro Carboni, Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli, Vera Zamagni, Venezia, Marsilio, 2005, pp. 318-319
Notes
Si desidera ringraziare Fernanda Davolio Marani per le precisazioni sulla documentazione archivistica conservata.