Saint-Paulien

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07595PAU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Georges de Saint-Paulien
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00092873]: "12e siècle ; 16e siècle"
Church Address: 28 Av. de Ruessium, 43350 Saint-Paulien, France -- Tel.: +33 4 71 00 49 90
Site Location: Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D906, 15 km NW of Le Puy-en-Velay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse du Puy-en-Velay
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described in Guerra (1986 c1978: 193) as a holy-water stoup ornamented with the wave lines or zigzag motif that symbolises water. This reference also in Bilbao (1994: 34)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 563927 4998181
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.13421, 3.813
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 8′ 3.16″ N, 3° 48′ 46.8″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 34
  • Guerra, Manuel, Simbología románica: el cristianismo y otras religiones en el arte románico, Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española, 1986, c1978, p. 193