Pailhac

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04148PAI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (?) [base only], [composite stoup]
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Étienne de Pailhac
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: 65240 Pailhac, France
Site Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D929, just NE of Arreau, arrondissement de Bagnères, about 25 km N of the Spanish border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Tarbes-et-Lourdes
Additional Comments: composite stoup?
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a Romanesque stoup ornamented with the figure of an abbot in low-relief. The stoup is illustrated in [https://inventaire.patrimoines.laregion.fr/illustration/IVD65_20146500078NUCA] [accessed 18 April 2025] and [https://inventaire.patrimoines.laregion.fr/dossier/IM65001106] [accessed 18 April 2025], both showing the standing figure of an abbot on the cylindrical stem of the base, the right hand raised in benediction, a staff held in the left; the basin and upper base(?) are plain and very crude.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 285026 4753833
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.906832, 0.366594
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 54′ 24.59″ N, 0° 21′ 59.74″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 103