Bona
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03540BON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Previous Font Location(s): ancienne église de Lichy
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 16thC; re-built 19thC
Church Address: 172 Le Bourg, 58330 Bona, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D9-D958 crossroads, 7-8 km S of Saint-Benin-des-Bois, about 25 km ENE of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Le Nivernais
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Listed by Corblet (1881-1882) simply as being a 16th century font. The entry for Bona (Nièvre) in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bona_(Nièvre)] [accessed 7 April 2025] reports a baptismal font in it originally from nearby Lichy: "fonts baptismaux XVIe siècle (provenant de l'ancienne église de Lichy)".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 532249 5211992
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.060654, 3.42467
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 3′ 38.35″ N, 3° 25′ 28.81″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 131