Pradanos de Ojeda / Prádanos de Ojeda

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07802PRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cristóbal de Prádanos de Ojeda
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Previous Font Location(s): ruined church in the Despoblado de San Jorde?
Church Notes: present church chiefly 16thC, a re-building of the earlier one here of the late12thC
Church Address: C. de la Iglesia, 8, 34486 Prádanos de Ojeda, Palencia, Spain -- Tel.: +34 979 13 32 08
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the P-223, W of the A-57, 23 km S of Aguilar de Campoo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Font Notes:
Bucket-shaped unmounted baptismal font of the Romanesque period; monolithic and plain [source: web site of the Diputacion de Palencia]. This may be the font from the ruined church at San Jorde, an abandoned hamlet in the municipality of Pradanos de Ojeda, as noted in the entry of the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/palencia_PRÁDANOS_DE_OJEDA.pdf] [accessed 19 May 2025], which mentions a font in the ruins of the old church there: "Despoblado de San Jorde [...] pila bautismal".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 389606 4726444
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.682551, -4.34746
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 40′ 57.19″ N, 4° 20′ 50.86″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat wooden lid; modern

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.