Eguisheim No. 2 / Eguishem

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03087EGU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: 15 Pl. de l'Église, 68420 Eguisheim, France
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 5 kms SW of Colmar, in the canton Wintzenheim, arrondissement Colmar, about 15 km from the German border
Font Notes:
Described by Enlart (1902) as a Renaissance octagonal font. Corblet (1881-1882), who gives the name of the place as "Equisham", suggests the date as the 16th century and recounts that, according to a false popular tradition [="selon une fausse tradition populaire"], this is the font in which the holy pope Leo IX was baptised in 1002.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 373793 5322535
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.043611, 7.306667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 2′ 37″ N, 7° 18′ 24″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 144
  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 775-776 footnote 5