Aurillac No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 08575AUR
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Géraud [formerly an abbey church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Gerald of Aurillac
Country Name: France
Location: Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located at the crossroads of the N-122 and N-120, in the Haute-Auvergne
Font Location in Church: Outside, in front of the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Described in Craplet (1992: 139) as a 12th-century basin made of serpentine stone now located outside, in front of the church; it was originally from the cloister of the Romanesque abbey [NB: it is not clear whether or not this basin had baptismal functions -- cf. Index entries for Aurillac Nos. 2-3 for two holy-water stoups from the same period in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, serpentine stone
Number of Pieces: one

REFERENCES

Craplet, Bernard, Auvergne romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1992