Dernacueillette / Dernaculheta
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09536DER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur de Dernacueillette
Font Location in Church: reported in the gardens of the château [ca. 2000?]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater
Church Notes: church became parochial 1351
Church Address: 1 Rue de l'Église, 11330 Dernacueillette, France
Site Location: Aude, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D10, 3-4 km E of Massac, in the canton Les Corbières, about 45 km NW of Perpignan
Historical Region: Le Minervois / Corbières Minervois
Additional Comments: abandoned font: now in the garden of the local château; was replaced by a new font in the late 19th-century
Font Notes:
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The municipal web site [http://www.dernacueillette.fr/village/eglise.htm] [accessed 8 August 2025] reports a large monolithic tub-shaped font originally from the église de St-Jacques, now [ca. 2000?] in the gardens of the local château: "On peut encore voir de l'extérieur [...] dans le jardin du château une grosse cuve monolithique correspondant aux fonds [sic] baptismaux d'origine." A new baptismal font was built during the major renovations of this church towards the end of the 19th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 467245 4753031
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.9292, 2.5986
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 55′ 45.12″ N, 2° 35′ 54.96″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped