Serignac / Sérignac / Sérignac-sur-Garonne
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04560SER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de l'Assumption de Sérignac-sur-Garonne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00110308]: "Ancienne fondation d'hospitaliers de Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem. Resté à partir du 16e siècle dans l'ordre de Malte[...] seule subsiste l'église du 12e siècle".
Church Address: 1 Rue du Clocher, 47310 Sérignac-sur-Garonne, France
Site Location: Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D119, in the extreme SE of Saintonge, 11-12 km W of Agen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Agen
Historical Region: Saintonge
Font Notes:
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Mentioned in Crozet's L'art roman en Saintonge (1971: 117) as a Romanesque, plain octagonal baptismal font.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.2141, 0.48442
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 12′ 50.76″ N, 0° 29′ 3.91″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Crozet, René, L'art roman en Saintonge, Paris: A. & J. Picard, 1971, p. 117