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Apostle or saint - St. Léger (bisop of Autun)

Scene Description: a/p identification in Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin (1998, v. 1, p. 404)

INFORMATION

FontID: 03810FIS
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Léger
Church Patron Saints: St. Leger [aka Ledger, Léger, Leodegar, Leodegarius]
Church Location: 56 Rue de l'Église, 68480 Fislis, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D98, 6 km E of Ferrette, 18-20 km SE of Altkirch, about 5 km W of the Swiss border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century(late),
Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin (1998, v. 1, p. 404) lists and illustrates a holy-water stoup raised on a cylindrical pedestal which has the figure of a bishop with mitre and staff; the source adds that it is probably St-Léger, bishop of Autun. The basin itself is also decorated but the particular motifs cannot be ascertained from the illustration. The inside of the basin well shows a metal (?) insertion with three divisions.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.505442, 7.381011
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 30′ 19.59″ N, 7° 22′ 51.64″ E
UTM: 32T 378082 5262605

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: pedestal stoup
Basin Interior Shape: round (with insertion)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin (1998, v. 1, p. 404)

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998