Saint-Paul-Troix-Chateaux No. 1 / Augusta tricastrinorum / Saint-Paul-Troix-Châteaux

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Scene Description: the modern font of 1867

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Scene Description: the modern font of 1867

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Scene Description: the modern font of 1867

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 2001 by BSI

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Scene Description: the modern font of 1867

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 2001 by BSI

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Scene Description: the modern font of 1867

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 2001 by BSI

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Scene Description: the modern font of 1867

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 23 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05095PAU

Church/Chapel: Ancienne cathédrale, actuellement Eglise paroissiale de Saint-Paul-Troix-Châteaux

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: 2 rue de Mgr Sibour, 26130 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France

Country Name: France

Location: Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Directions to Site: Located off the D59/D458 [aka Course des Barry], 17 kms SW of Grignan, down the D71 and right turn on the D59 to Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteauxabout 30 km N of Orange

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Valence

Historical Region: Drôme provençale

Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque

Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00117054]: "construite à partir du milieu du 12e siècle dans le style roman provençal"

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Listed by Corblet simply as being an urn-shaped ancient font (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 125) [NB: not known where this font is now]. On-site notes: no information was available on the whereabouts of the original baptismal font of this cathedral. The current font is an octagonal object of several parts, done in beige and siena in 1867 [cf. Images for details]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.349472, 4.767028

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 20′ 58.1″ N, 4° 46′ 1.3″ E

UTM: 31T 640836 4912207

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Location: a plaque on the wall behind the font

Inscription Text: [cf. Images area]

Inscription Source: On-site

REFERENCES

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882