Saint-Sulpice-sur-Leze No. 2 / Libre-Lèze / Saint-Sulpice-de-Lèze
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05107SUL
Object Type: Other
Object Details: statue, Roman
Date Visited: 2001-07-06
Font Century and Period/Style: 2nd - 5th century, Gallo-Roman
Cognate Fonts: Another such (?) in the church in the église St-Eutrope in Canté (Ariège, France)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Sulpice
Font Location in Church: In the narthex or vestibule of the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Sulpicius [aka Sulpitius]
Church Address: 31419 Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D4 and the D622, 8 km NE of Carbonne, 40 km S of Toulouse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Toulouse
Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: MUST USE: one of the most original conversions: the lower half of the statue of a toga-ed Roman man has been carved to use as stoup; just like the one at the church of St-Eutrope in Canté, Ariège
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup fashioned out of a Gallo-Roman sculpture: the lower half of the statue of a toga-ed Roman man has been carved to use as stoup; just like the one at the church of St-Eutrope in Canté, Ariège
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 364002 4798795
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: other (human figure)
Basin Exterior Shape: other (human figure)
Notes on Measurements: [cf. Index entry for a similar stoup at Canté]