Vayres No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 10175VAY
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located in the canton of Rochechouart, and about 8 km from that town
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the church in 1731
Century and Period: , Medieval
M. l'abbé Montel, in his monograph on the village (1925: 13), quotes the record of an inspection of the parish church of Saint-Jean, one of three in the village, made by M. l'abbé Pouméroulie, in the name of the Bishop of Limoges, on 13 July 1731. The record informs that the baptismal font of this church was in good working order, the holy water crystal clear and the holy oils properly kept in two little tin vessels. The baptismal regiistry books were also properly kept. The incumbent at the time was J. Roucoule, who led the parish from 1718 to 1741. [source: transcription of Montel's work in http://faure.roger.free.fr/vayres/autres/documents/monographie_abbe_montel.pdf] [cf. Index entry for Vayres No. 1 for a disappeared font from the parish of Saint-Georges in the same village]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Montel, E., Monographie de la Paroisse de Vayres, 1925