Avila No. 2 / Abila / Obila
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02273AVI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-05-26
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Address: C. Martín Carramolino, 1, 05001 Ávila, Spain -- Tel.: +34 920 21 11 27
Site Location: Avila, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Ávila
Additional Comments: famous person font: St. Teresa of Avila was baptised in this font
Font Notes:
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This baptismal font "como todas las de la diócesis, es de granito con gallones convexos en espiral" [=like all others in the diocesis is made of granite and has convex ribs twisting up in a helix] is believed to have been the one in which St. Teresa of Avila was baptised (Gomez-Moreno, 1983, p.192). Copper lining inside the bowl and ornate brass ring encircles the enormous font; both these were a donation of the Teresian Sisters order.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.6560833, -4.700466
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 39′ 22″N, 4° 42′ 2″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 18 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 123 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 141 cm
Basin Depth: 45 cm
Basin Total Height: 70 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 112 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI
REFERENCES
- Gómez-Moreno, Manuel, Catálogo monumental de la provincia de Avila, Avila: Institución Gran Duque de Alba, 1983, p. 192, ill. 452