Aurel
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04050AUR
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: altar, Gallo-Roman
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 6th century, Gallo-Roman
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne prioriale Saint-Jean
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: According to the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-), the present church had been part of a Benedictine priory dependent from the Abbey of Cluny; in 1590 it replaced the old church of Sainte-Catherine as parish church.
Site Location: Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Additional Comments: recycled stoup / altar-font: Gallo-Roman altar now [ca. 1966] serves as holy water stoup
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a former Gallo-Roman altar now used as holy-water stoup.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, II D 22