Cazeres No. 3 / Cazères sur Garonne
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Scene Description: Parish church on the side of which the baptistery has been reconstructed
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04972CAZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Date Visited: 2001-07-06
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: outside the parish church at Cazeres
Font Location in Church: outside, under a porch
Church Address: Pl. de L Hôtel de ville, 31220 Cazères, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D6-D10 crossroads. 35 km ENE of Saint-Gaudens, about 55 km SW of Toulouse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Toulouse
Additional Comments: re-cycled font / baptistery: MUST USE a sunken font from an ancient baptistery reconstructed in Cazères; terrible state: mingitorium, vomitorium, rubbish dump, etc.
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: octagonal sunken font from Early-Christian baptistery discovered in the place known as "Le Bantayré", near Saint-Cizy. a commune of Cazères, by a local farmer while turning the soil [cf. Images for a description, plans of the site and other details in an article by Gabriel Manière - bibliographical reference below]. The sunken font of this baptistery was taken to Cazères and reconstructed in a porch attached to the parish church there. [Cf. Index entry for Cazères No. 2 for details of the baptistery itself]. Unfortunately, the church has no resources to care for the site and the town council appears to ignore the need to protect this reconstruction which is often used by some locals as handy rubbish dump, mingitorium, vomitorium et caetera! [We are grateful to M. l'abbé for his friendly help and we share his dispair for the negligence and vandalism with which this site is treated].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to M. l'abbé, who was very generous and extremely patient and helpful during our work in this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 344576 4785414
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.20551, 1.08679
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 12′ 19.84″ N, 1° 5′ 12.44″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: mixed (stone & brick), brick & marble
Font Shape: sunken font, octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: pipe conduit
Drainage Notes: it is not clear whether the 5 cm conduit is for feeding in the water or for drain purposes
Diameter (inside rim): 120 cm
Basin Depth: 43 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI [NB: the walls of the font are between 30 and 35 cm thick]
REFERENCES
- Manière, Gabriel, "Le site antique du Bantayré à Saint-Cizy, commune de Cazères: nécropole et implantation néochrétienne", 46 (1965), Bulletin de la Société archéologique du Midi de la France, 1965