Mozac

INFORMATION

FontID: 03735MOZ
Church/Chapel: Eglise [ancienne abbatiale] Saint-Pierre [Abbaye Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Caprais de Mozac]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: 63200 Mozac, France -- Tel.: +33 4 73 33 71 71
Country Name: France
Location: Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located 2 km E of Riom, 11 kms NW of Clermont-Ferrand
Ecclesiastic Region: Docèse de Clermont
Century and Period: , Romanesque
Church Notes: The Phaidon guide for France (1985, p. 577 and ill. of reliquary on p. 579)) reports "exceptionally fine Romanesque carved capitals of classical and Oriental inspiration" and, in the sacristy, "the fine 12C reliquary of St. Calmin, a work in enamel from the Limoges school" in the church of St-Pierre at Mozac.
Identified in Enlart (1902, p. 784 footnote 3) as a former Romanesque capital recycled for use as holy-water stoup.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.890556, 3.094167
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 53′ 26″ N, 3° 5′ 39″ E
UTM: 31T 507306 5081892

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902