Aulon / Aulon nr. Saint-Jean-d'Angély
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04108AUL
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: capitals, Gallo-Roman
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne priorale Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094263]: "Eglise bénédictine du 11e siècle, agrandie au 12e. Clocher du 14e siècle. Restaurations au 18e siècle. Transformations intérieures en 1898."
Church Address: 1 Le Village, 31420 Aulon, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D8-D81 crossroads, 15-16 km NE of Saint-Gaudens
Additional Comments: recycled stoup (composite stoup made up of two Gallo-Roman Corinthian capitals, one over the other)
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- ) as a composite stoup made up of two Corinthian capitals, one over the other. The entry for this church in the Festival du Comminges web site [https://www.festival-du-comminges.com/eglise-notre-dame-daulon/] [accessed 18 April 2025] reports an interesting Gallo-Roman stoup made up of two upside-down capitals: "curieux bénitier gallo-romain en marbre, orné de feuilles d’acanthes, fait de deux chapiteaux inversés superposés."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 322794 4784313
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.19081, 0.81919
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 11′ 26.92″ N, 0° 49′ 9.08″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 16