Berolle / Bérolle / Berula / Birula
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09323BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [Parish Church?]
Font Location in Church: Reported in the nave in 1416-1417
Church Notes: church 1397; present church chiefly 1834
Church Address: Rte du Village 12, Berolle 1149, Switzerland
Site Location: Vaud, Swizerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 2-3 km N of Bière, 9-10 km N of Aubonne, at the foot of the Jura Mountains
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lausanne
Font Notes:
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Davies (1962: 70) [after Coulton (1936, vol. II: 453)] informs that "In 1416-17 a visitation of the Diocese of Lausanne elicited the information that at Bérolle 'the font was unlocked in the nave'".
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 295573 5158614
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.55, 6.333333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 33′ 0″ N, 6° 20′ 0″ E
REFERENCES
- Coulton, George Gordon, Five Centuries of Religion, 1936, vol. II: 453
- Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962, p. 70 and fn8