Aurillac No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08575AUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale [ancienne abbatiale] Saint-Géraud d'Aurillac
Font Location in Church: Outside, in front of the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gerald of Aurillac
Church Notes: Benedictine abbey founded before 885 AD; re-built several times since, the last ime in the late-19thC -- Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093448]: "L'église abbatiale ne conserve plus, de l'époque romane et du 13e siècle, que des soubassements : l'édifice a été complètement remanié au 15e siècle."
Church Address: 22 Rue du Monastère, 15000 Aurillac, France -- Tel.: +33 4 71 48 27 16
Site Location: Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D-117, near the crossroads of the N-122 and N-120, 50-60 km W of Saint-Flour, in the Haute-Auvergne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Flour
Font Notes:
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]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 456449 4975517
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.93175, 2.44808
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 55′ 54.3″ N, 2° 26′ 53.09″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, serpentine stone
Number of Pieces: one

REFERENCES

  • Craplet, Bernard, Auvergne romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1992, p. 139