Saint-Gregoire / Saint-Grégoire / Cahuzaguet

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04162GRE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Early Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Notre-Dame-de-Cahuzaguet de Saint-Grégoire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, wall-mounted on the left
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church documented 15thC but of earlier construction
Church Address: Cahuzaguet, 81350 Saint-Grégoire, France -- Tel.: +33 5 63 56 40 05
Site Location: Tarn, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Locatedoff the D172, about 9-10 km E of Albi; the church is located 1 km from the town of St-Gregoire
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Albi
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a hexagonal stoup "d'un gothique fruste" and ornamented with a male and a female head. The Saint-Gregoire site [http://www.val81.com/saintgregoire.htm] is more descriptive and compares it to a hollowed-out hexagonal capital; the female head, "assez fine" while the male head bearded and "aux traits fortement accussés"; the source suggests that this is perhaps a repreentation of the Virgin and Christ; it also points out that despite the archaic allure of the heads, the concave ribbing of the basin denotes a Gothic work. The stoup is described in the church entry in Archevêché d'Albi [https://albi.catholique.fr/eglises-du-tarn/saint-gregoire-chapelle-dame-de-cahuzaguet/] [accessed 19 April 2025]: "Le bénitier porte deux visages : une tête d’homme assez dure, une tête de femme plus fine qui pourraient être le Christ et la Vierge." Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM81000341]: "Bénitier [...] 14e siècle (?) ; 15e siècle (?) [...] Orné de deux masques à figures humaines [...] À gauche en entrant". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP81W00701, AP81W00702].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 440231 4864730
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.933264, 2.25535
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 55′ 59.75″ N, 2° 15′ 19.26″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 129
  • 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, 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.
  • http://www.val81.com/saintgregoire.htm, 2002. [URL discontinued / non active]. URL: http://www.val81.com/saintgregoire.htm.