Beire No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 04591BEI

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Millán

Church Patron Saints: St. Aemilian of Cogolla [aka Aemilianus, Emiliaus, Millán de la Cogolla]

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located on the NA-5330, about 6 km SSE of Olite

Font Location in Church: West end, N side

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. III: 51) and in Domeño (1992: 141): medieval baptismal font; large hemispheric basin raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal, both plain. [cf. Index entry for Beire No. 2 for a mid-17th century holy-water stoup in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992

García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]