Zoroquiain / Zorokiain / Zoroquiáin
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08554ZOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés de Zoroquiáin
Font Location in Church: Under the choir
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified, 16th-17thC and 18thC; abandoned church; reported in 2020 as being in a restoration process by private hands https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/navarra/2019/01/06/quieren-vivir-zoroquiain-628731-300.html] [accessed 13 June 2025] and [https://errekazar.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/iglesiasanandrc3a9seliza.pdf] [accessed 13 Jume 2025]
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-234, in the municipality of Uncity, Merindad de Sangüesa, 20 km SE of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. IV**: 485) and in Domeño (1992: 184): medieval baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a polygonal pedestal base, both plain.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 622941 4731525
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.726389, -1.498333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 43′ 35″ N, 1° 29′ 54″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 184
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 485