Fleurance No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10108FLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1564
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale St-Laurent [aka Notre-Dame de l'Assomption / Notre-Dame de Fleurance]
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary [originally; now St. Lawrence]
Church Notes: church built 14th-16thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094799]
Church Address: Rue Pasteur, 32500 Fleurance, France
Site Location: Gers, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N21, 24 km N of Auch
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Auch
Historical Region: Armagnac, Pays de Gaure -- Midi-Pyrénées
Font Notes:
The web site of this parish [http://notredamedefleurance-catho32.cef.fr/Fleurance.html] mentions a stone baptismal font in this church; the font carries the date of the first Protestant exaction carried out in this church in the 16th century: "vesena plebs hereticorum me dextruxit et ecclesia auxitana reparavit MCLXIIII" [sic] [NB: it is not clear whether or not this inscription is on the font itself, nor whether the error in the Roman numeral dating is in the transcription or in the original] [cf. Index entry for Fleurance No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of the same period reported by Enlart -- see also entries for Lamothe-Endo for a font and stoup in the nearby église St-André].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 312242 4857854
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.8499, 0.664029
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 50′ 59.64″ N, 0° 39′ 50.5″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mériméee / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/list?base=%5B%22Patrimoine%20architectural%20%28M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e%29%22%5D.