Spello

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Jurisdictions

• Diocese: Assisi (1873); Foligno (modern)
• Tribunale: Perugia (1892 and 1989)
• Military district: Perugia (1870–1877), Spoleto (1877–)

Stato Civile

• Office contact:

  • Email (Stato Civile): anagrafe [at] comune.spello.pg.it

• Known holdings (Comune – SIUSA):

  • Italian civil records: 1860–1988 (490 registers, 10 envelopes)
  • Parish books: 1511–1861 (46 registers: baptisms, marriages, deaths, stato delle anime)
  • French civil records: 1810–1813 (8 registers)

• Known holdings (State Archives):

  • Italian civil records: Municipality likely included in the Tribunale di Perugia holdings at the State Archives of Perugia since it falls within its jurisdiction. The number of registers for this municipality is not known.
  • Parish books: none held
  • French civil records: none held

• Known holdings (Diocese / parishes):

  • See Parishes and Frazioni

Parishes and Frazioni

Spello (main town)

Sant’Andrea Apostolo

• Sant’Andrea Apostolo di Spello (Comune): baptisms, marriages, deaths, stato delle anime (1574–1860; 20 registers)

• Sant’Andrea Apostolo di Spello (Parish): baptisms (1907–1984; 3 registers), confirmations (1912–1979; 3 registers), marriages (1929–1979; 3 registers), deaths (1882–1979; 2 registers). Conserved by Santa Maria Maggiore di Spello.

Santa Maria Maggiore

• Santa Maria Maggiore di Spello (Comune): baptisms, marriages, deaths (1511–1861; 10 registers)

• Santa Maria Maggiore di Spello (Parish): baptisms (1861–2009; 13 registers), communions (1982–2009; 1 register), confirmations (1624–1739; 1912–2009; 3 registers), marriages (1861–2009; 9 registers), marriage banns (1863–1900; 2 registers), deaths (1861–2009; 5 registers), stato delle anime (1725–1930; 35 registers).

San Giovanni

• San Giovanni in San Giovanni di Spello (Comune): marriages, deaths (1742–1860; 2 registers)

• San Giovanni in San Giovanni di Spello (Parish): baptisms (1955–1996; 1 register), confirmations (1940–1989; 1 register), marriages (1919–1985; 2 registers), deaths (1919–1997; 1 register). Conserved by Santa Maria Maggiore di Spello.

San Lorenzo

• San Lorenzo Martire di Spello (Comune): baptisms, marriages, deaths (1753–1860; 10 registers)
• Parish of San Lorenzo martire (diocese): 1827 (held by Archivio storico diocesano di Foligno)
• Parish of San Lorenzo martire (parish): 1400–2009 (held by Parish of Santa Maria Maggiore di Spello)

Santa Lucia

• Santa Lucia di Spello (Parish): baptisms (1956–2009; 2 registers), confirmations (1957–2009; 1 register), marriages (1957–2009; 2 registers), deaths (1957–2009; 1 register). Holdings conserved by the parish itself.

Collepino

San Silvestro

• San Silvestro in Collepino di Spello (Comune): baptisms, marriages, deaths (1635–1860; 4 registers)
• Parish of San Silvestro (diocese): 1567–1929. (held by Archivio storico diocesano di Foligno)
• San Silvestro in Collepino di Spello (Parish): baptisms (1881–1942; 1 register), confirmations (1947–1997; 1 register), deaths (1895–1996; 1 register). Conserved by Santa Maria Maggiore di Spello.

Limiti di Spello

Parish of Santa Croce in Limiti di Spello

• Parish of Santa Croce (parish): 1960–2009 (held by parish)

⚠️ No further parishes are listed for this municipality in the Statistica della popolazione dello Stato Pontificio dell’anno 1853.

Military Records

• Preparatory register of enlistment in the liste di leva: 1879–1959 (99 registers) (held by Comune di Spello)
• Formation of the liste di leva: 1894–1961 (73 files) (held by Comune di Spello)
• Liste di leva: 1861–1926 (68 registers) (held by Comune di Spello)
• Lists of draft evaders and exempted: undated (1 register, 4 files) (held by Comune di Spello)
• Military draft protocol: 1896–1960 (47 files) (held by Comune di Spello)

Border changes

According to the Atlante Storico Istituzionale dell’Italia unita, there have been no border changes or former municipalities merged into this municipality since 1861.

Digitized Records

• FamilySearch: The catalog shows several series for Spello, including:

  • Births: 1900–1910, 1911–1924
  • Marriages: 1868, 1899–1910
  • Marriage publications: 1868, 1908–1910
  • Deaths: 1868, 1899–1910, 1925–1929
  • Citizenship acts: 1868
  • Miscellaneous attachments: 1900–1903, 1905–1910, 1912–1913, 1919–1922, 1922–1929

  See FamilySearch catalog entry.

  ⚠️ Note: additional records are listed as “available” but remain inaccessible online as of September 2025.

• Portale Antenati: none available for this municipality.

• ItalianParishRecords.org: none available for this municipality.

Brogliardi

The brogliardi for this municipality are listed in the Archivio di Stato di Roma’s digital portal under Prato.

⚠️ It is unclear whether this “Prato” refers to a location within the municipality of Spello — no corresponding frazione or locality named Prato has been identified here.

Additional Notes

• None.

References

• SIUSA – Comune di Spello