Marignac

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04144MAR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Notre-Dame de Marignac [aka la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin [originally deicated to St. Peter]
Church Notes: 12thC church -- The Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) points out also the re-used tympanum showing St. Peter blessing ex cathedra, with two large disks, at his sides: at his right (viewer's left) the Agnus Dei, at his left, Christ's monogram
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 31440 Marignac, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D44, W of the N125, 3 km W of Saint-Beat, 14 km NNE of Luchon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Toulouse
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as being "d'un intérêt exceptionnel": a Romanesque stoup of the 11th century ornamented with doves and a chalice. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM31000344]: "Bénitier [...] 11e siècle [...] H = 110 (hauteur totale)". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP31W00312]. For a view of the baptismal font in this church see Patrice Bon's 25 July 2020 photograph [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_de_la_Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge_de_Marignac_25.jpg] [accessed 18 April 2025]. For the exterior tympanum of an enthroned St Peter with Agnus Dei and Chrismon, see Père Igor's 1 June 2010 photograph [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marignac_(31)_église_sculpture.JPG] [accessed 18 April 2025]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 308815 4753769
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.91258, 0.65778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 54′ 45.29″ N, 0° 39′ 28.01″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palisy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 84
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.