Mions

INFORMATION

FontID: 10173MIO

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Madeleine

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene

Country Name: France

Location: Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Directions to Site: Located near Chandieu, in the "Grand Lyon"

Font Location in Church: Reported inside the church in 1613

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

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 avac un cadenas"] [source: 'Histoire: Ville de Mions' at http://clodio24.free.fr/mions/mions_historique.htm]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

LID INFORMATION

Date: pre-1613 [cf. FontNotes]

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]