Orense No. 3 / Ourense

INFORMATION

FontID: 09210ORE
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Francisco
Church Patron Saints: St. Francis of Assisi
Church Location: Rúa Xaquín Lorenzo Fernandez, 7, 32003 Ourense, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia
Directions to Site: The whole church was moved ca. 1930 to the Campo se San Lazaro from its previous location as part of the old convent which is now [ca. 1972] a caserne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Orense
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: another one in the same church
Described in Castillo López (1987 c1972: 394) as one of two (?) interesting holy-water stoups of anciente date in this church, the church of a medieval , perhaps 13th-century convent [cf. Index entry for Orense No. 3 for another ancient stoup in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.341944, -7.863611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 20′ 31″ N, 7° 51′ 49″ W
UTM: 29T 593608 4688368

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Castillo López, Angel, Inventario de la riqueza monumental y artística de Galicia, [La Coruña]: Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, 1987 (c1972)