Avignon No. 3
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03770AVI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early)
Church / Chapel Name: Église collégiale Saint-Agricol d'Avignon
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Agricol [aka Agricola of Avignon, Agricolus]
Church Notes: original church 7thC; became collegiate 1321;
Church Address: Rue Saint-Agricol, 84000 Avignon, France -- Tel.: +33 4 90 82 17 87
Site Location: Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
Directions to Site: This church is located in the historical city centre of Avignon, 300 m SW of the Palais des Papes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Avignon
Font Notes:
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A "beautiful white marble holy-water stoup (early-16C)" is noted in the Phaidon guide to Provence... (1986) and in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-)
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 644810 4867803
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.9491, 4.80464
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 56′ 56.76″ N, 4° 48′ 16.7″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (white)
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, II D 31
- Phaidon, Provence and the Côte d'Azur: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1986, p. 40