Salon-de-Provence No. 1 / Villa Salone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04062SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-06-11
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 10th century, Carolingian
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne collégiale Saint-Laurent [orig. from the 11th cent. extramural church]
Font Location in Church: In the chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste, at the entrance of the ancienne collégiale Saint-Laurent
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: 198 Rue des Jardins, 13300 Salon-de-Provence, France -- Tel.: +33 4 40 56 06 40
Site Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 45 kms NNW of Marseile -- the church is located in the centre of town, between the Boulevard David (N) and Square Jean-XXIII (S)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Aix-en-Provence - Arles
Historical Region: Provence
Additional Comments: recycled font: said to be a Carolingian font from the original building, later moved and used in the present church {NB: not found at the time of our visit]
Font Notes:
Listed in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a Carolingian font formerly from the 11th-century original building which existed outside the walls; this font, which the source attributes to the Carolingian period, is said to be the only object left from the old building. On-ste notes: this Carolingian font was not found in place at the time of our visit [June 2001]. Instead we found a 13th-century tetra-lobed baptismal font with an image of St. Laurence on its basin side [cf. Index entry for Salon-de-Provence No. 2 for details and images of the latter]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 669127 4834426
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.6436, 5.09696
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 38′ 36.96″ N, 5° 5′ 49.06″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, II D 124