Aurillac No. 3

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08577AUR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale [ancienne abbatiale] Saint-Géraud d'Aurillac
Font Location in Church: At the entrance, on the S side
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) and in Delpal (1985: 55) as the second of two 12th-century capitals from the old abbey church now used as holy-water on the right [i.e., south] side of the entrance. The two stoups are listed in Palissy [refs.: PM15000065 and PM15001320], and illustrated in digital photographs taken 23 June 2015 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aurillac_église_Saint-Géraud_bénitier_(1).jpg] and [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aurillac_église_Saint-Géraud_bénitier_(2).jpg] [accessed 14 June 2025] [cf. Index entry for Aurillac No. 2 for the other holy-water stoup and Aurillac No. 1 for a serpentine basin, both 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
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: capital
Basin Exterior Shape: capital

REFERENCES

  • Craplet, Bernard, Auvergne romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1992, p. 139
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
  • Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 55