Aguinaga de Lizoain / Aguinaga de Lizoáin / Aguinage de Lizoáin-Arriasgoiti

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08863AGU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de San Antonio de Aguinaga
Font Location in Church: Inside the restored rural chapel, in the N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anthony the Great [aka Antony the Great, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes]
Church Notes: The CMdeN (ibid.) points out that the presence of a font in this rural chapel indicates that it served as a parish church in the past.
Church Address: Despoblado, 31484 Lizoáin, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: The village of Aguinaga, in the valley and municipality of Lizoáin-Arriasgoiti / Lizoainibar-Arriasgoiti [formerly Lizoain], 19 km E of Pamplona, is now abandoned, but the chapel was recently [ca. 1990] restored.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Comarca de Aoiz / Merindad de Sangüesa
Font Notes:
Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. IV**: 90): medieval baptismal font with a flat (?) basin [="de taza plana"].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. IV**: 90