Langogne / Langònha

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04572LAN
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais
Font Location in Church: In the first crossing, suth side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gervase & St. Protase [aka Gervasius and Protasius, Gervasis and Prothasis]
Site Location: Lozère, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D500, just S of Pradelles, about 40 km NE of Mende
Font Notes:
Saint-Jean (1991) mentions a holy-water stoup in the Église Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais located in the first crossing, south side; the basin of this stoup, which Saint-Jean tentatively dates to the 13th century, is ornamented with an angel, an unidentified martyr carrying a palm branch and one other male figure

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 567771 4953067

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Saint-Jean, Robert, Vivarais -- Gévaudan romans, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1991, p. 306