Corneilla-de-Conflent / Corneillà de Conflent
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05161COR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-06-20
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Marie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church first mentioned 1018; much modified 12thC -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104007]
Church Address: Carrer d'Amunt, 66820 Corneilla-de-Conflent, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D47, 2-3 km SE of Villefranche-de-Conflent
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: we were not allowed access to the inside of this church on our visit, but were informed that a plain 12th-century font -typical of the area- exists here. An August 2017 photograph by Pierre G in https://www.tripadvisor.de/Attraction_Review-g2559120-d12703518-Reviews-Eglise_Sainte_Marie-Corneilla_de_Conflent_Pyrenees_Orientales_Occitanie.html#/media/12703518/?albumid=-160&type=ALL_INCLUDING_RESTRICTED&category=-160 [accessed 8 May 2025] shows a round monlithic tub- or cauldron-shaped font with tapering sides; plain and flat wooden cover on it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 449226 4712940
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.5672, 2.3814
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 34′ 1.92″ N, 2° 22′ 53.04″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; appears modern