Sauvagny No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03878SAU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th century, Carolingian
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Germain
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Church Notes: The single-nave church appears to have been originally the chapel of the castle and was known in 1095 as being dependent from the priory at Souvigny (Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier (1999, v. 1, p. 459) [cf. entry for Sauvagny No. 1, a double-font listed for this church in the Index]
Site Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Hérisson, arrondissement de Monteluçon
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: if, as claimed, this is a Carolingian object, it has been recycled through the different churches
Font Notes:
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Listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier (1999, v. 1, p. 459) as "un bénitier qui daterait de l'époque de Charlemagne".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 1, p. 459