Bona

INFORMATION

FontID: 03540BON

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: 172 Le Bourg, 58330 Bona, France

Country Name: France

Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th century,

Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 16thC; re-built 19thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.060654, 3.42467

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 3′ 38.35″ N, 3° 25′ 28.81″ E

UTM: 31T 532249 5211992

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

REFERENCES

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882