Genos No. 1 / Génos

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04129GEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Roch de Génos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Roch [aka Roc, Roche, Rock, Roque]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA31000075]: "Edifice d'origine romane dont la nef fut agrandie de deux travées occidentales sans doute au début du 17e siècle, et pourvue d'un collatéral nord au 19e siècle."
Church Address: 20 Le Village 31510 Génos, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D9, about 6-7 kms SW of Barbazan, 14-15 km SW of Saint-Gaudens
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Toulouse
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- ) as a Romanesque baptismal font with heads at 90-degree angles of the basin. [cf. also the two medieval stoups listed in the Index: Génos No. 2 & 3]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 310355 4763434
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.99993, 0.67336
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 59′ 59.75″ N, 0° 40′ 24.1″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 61