Sangonedo / Sangoñedo / Sangoneu / Sangoñeu
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view of church exterior - detail
Scene Description: foundation stone buried under the north facade of the church, and inscrbed with the Era date of MXXX, i.e., 1262 A.D. (measurements: 60 x 40 cms.)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2010 by Macu Fernández
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view of church interior - west gallery
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2010 by Macu Fernández
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05026SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century (late), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Evangelista de Sangoñedo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW corner
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Notes: church re-built 11thC
Church Address: 33878 Sangoñedo, Asturias, Spain
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the AS-219, then the T-2, in the concejo and about 15 km W of Tineo, about 35 km N of Cangas de Narcea, about 90 km W of Oviedo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Historical Region: Oviedo
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in García de Castro (1995) as a baptismal font of the late 11th century made of quartzite; the monolithic font shows two volumes: the upper is a cauldron-shaped basin very similar to the one at the church of San Miguel in nearby Bárcena [cf. Index entry]; the irregularity of the upper basin shape at Sangoñedo [it is slightly oval] is probably due to the crudeness of the work rather than any will to achieve an oval shape; the lower volume is a plain cylindrical base; both volumes are totally plain. Described in Alvarez Martínez (1999) as a 11th-century monolithic baptismal font resting directly on the ground and devoid of any ornamentation. Múñiz López & García Alvarez-Busto (2007) suggest it belongs to a group of fonts established by García de Castro (1995) that includes cognate fonts at San Miguel de Conforcos (Aller), San Miguel de Barcena (Tineo) and San Juan de Sangoñéu (Tineo) and the one at Castrillón. The font from the medieval period of this church is noted in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/asturias_SANGOÑEDO.pdf] [accessed 8 May 2025]: "pila bautismal fechada en torno al siglo XI por Cesar García de Castro y Soledad Álvarez. Se trata de un sencillo modelo de copa que tendrá mucha difusión en posteriores siglos. Se talla en piedra caliza y su forma es un poco ovalada. La factura es lisa, sin ornamento alguno."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Macu Fernández for her photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 698576 4798937
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.317058, -6.551146
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 19′ 1.41″ N, 6° 33′ 4.13″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, quartzite
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 6-7 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 68-71 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 82-83 cm*
Basin Depth: 20 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [García de Castro (1995)]
REFERENCES
- Alvarez Martínez, María Soledad, El románico en Asturias, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 1999, p. 264, 265
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
- García de Castro Valdés, César, Arqueología cristiana de la alta Edad Media en Asturias, Oviedo: Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1995, p. 244, 245 and pl. 159
- Múñiz López, Iván, "La pila bautismal de tradición prerrománica de Castrillón (Asturias): el control señorial del bautismo", 2 (2007), Territorio, sociedad y poder, 2007, pp. 265-274; p. 270, 273