Soler No. 2 / Le Soler

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04101SOL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1686
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Baselisse du Soler
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julian & St. Basilisa
Church Notes: present church started 1554
Church Address: Pl. Marie Curie, 66270 Le Soler, France -- Tel.: +33 4 68 92 10 34
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D66, 5 km E of Perpignan
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a holy-water stoup made of Caunes marble and dated to 1686 [presumably by an inscription?]. Noted and illustrated as a stoup of Villefranche-de-Conflent pink marble in Le Soler [https://www.lesoler.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/presentation-de-lEglise-du-Soler.pdf] [accessed 18 April 2025]: "Le bénitier est en marbre rose de Villefranche-de-Conflent"; a partial photograph of the basin shows cherubs on the underbowl.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 483139 4725680
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.683417, 2.794194
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 41′ 0.3″ N, 2° 47′ 39.1″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (Caunes)

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, II C 139-140