Lutry

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10113LUT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Lutry-Paudex
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Notes: present church 1930
Church Address: Rte de Taillepied, 1095 Lutry, Switzerland
Site Location: Vaud, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 9, in the ESE reaches of Lausanne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Lausanne, Geneva et Fribourg
Additional Comments: moved font: carried away to a cave in 1536 to protect it from the Berne bailiffs MUST USE
Font Notes:
Auguste Verdeil, in his 'Histoire du canton du Vaud' (1849-1852: book 4, chapter 2) [source: www.rootsweb.com/~chevaud/verdeil/bk4ch2.htm] informs that on 31 October 1536 the inhabitants of Lutry, having seen the destruction of religious images and other liturgical effects by the bailiffs from Berne, removed several objects from their church, including the baptismal font, and hid them them all in a nearby cavern. Later the cavern became a sanctuary. [NB: we have not been able to corroborate the above in any other more recent sources, nor have we found any current information on this font].

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 321756 5152865
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.50575, 6.67678
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 30′ 20.7″ N, 6° 40′ 36.41″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Verdeil, Auguste, Histoire du canton du Vaud, Lausanne: D. Martignier, 1849-1852, book 4, chapter 2