Bonlez No. 1 / Bonle / Bonlé
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09500BON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [base only], [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Catherine de Bonlez
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine]
Church Address: Chem. de l'Herbe 44, 1325 Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 10 68 82 94
Site Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N243, 2-3 km N of Chaumont-Gistoux, about 11 km NE of Louvain
Historical Region: Brabant
Additional Comments: composite font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the 12th century [source: http://home.tiscali.be/be061790/asbl/almanach/bonlez]. The entry for Bonlez in BALaT KIK-IRPA [ttps://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10001819] [accessed 4 August 2025] lists and illustrates a composite font made up of a 12th-century cylindrical stone base supporting an 18th-century metal basin; the basin has a metal cover.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 618876 5617816
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.7, 4.683333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 42′ 0″ N, 4° 41′ 0″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.