Belfaux

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10122BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1639
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Étienne à Belfaux
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the choir
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the old church
Church Notes: present church mid-19thC
Church Address: Rte du Centre 10, 1782 Belfaux, Switzerland -- Tel.: +41 26 475 11 40
Site Location: Vaud, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) road 12, 5 km WNW of Fribourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Lausanne, Geneva et Fribourg
Additional Comments: altered font? (appears very neat for a 1639; has it been re-tooled?)
Font Notes:
Described in Ducotterd (2003: 19): baptismal font made of sandstone and dated 1639, originally from the old church [source: www.bfcsm.net/tm/2003/14/tm.pdf]. Described and illustrated in Unité pastorale Sainte-Trinité [https://www.upsaintetrinite.ch/patrimoine/un-detail-a-la-loupe/les-fonts-baptismaux] [accessed 15 August 2025]: "La fontaine baptismale de Belfaux (image) est très intéressante car elle porte une date, sans doute celle de son inauguration, le 18 avril 1639."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Location: on a side of the basin
Inscription Text: "18 Apr 1639"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: polygonal, flat and plain

REFERENCES

  • Ducotterd, Marie, "Histoire de Belfaux et de certain de ses monuments: A la decouverte de l'histoire fribourgeoise", Fribourg, 2003, p. 19