Mions
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10173MIO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Madeleine à Mions
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the church in 1613
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Notes: Romanesque church demolished 1880; present church 1884
Church Address: 9 rue de la Liberté, 69780 Mions, France -- Tel.: +33 4 78 20 04 57
Site Location: Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D151, near Chandieu, in the "Grand Lyon"
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lyons
Historical Region: Rhône-Alpes
Font Notes:
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During his pastoral visitation to this parish church on 17 June 1613, Mgr. Denis de Marquemont, lord Archbishop and Count of Lyon, reported a baptismal font in good working order and [the cover] provided with a padlock ["les fonts baptismaux sont bien tenus et ferment avec un cadenas"] [source: 'Histoire: Ville de Mions' at http://clodio24.free.fr/mions/mions_historique.htm] and [http://genealogiemions.free.fr/eglise Mions.htm] [accessed 16 August 2025]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 652444 5058572
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.66394, 4.95693
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 39′ 50.18″ N, 4° 57′ 24.95″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
LID INFORMATION
Date: pre-1613 [cf. FontNotes]
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]