Mazarete

INFORMATION

FontID: 10260MAZ
Church/Chapel: Ermita de San Mamés
Church Patron Saints: St. Mammes of Cesarea [aka Mamas, Mammas, Mammet]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located in the NE area of the province, 109 km NE of Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: [disappeared as of January (?) 2002]
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: The parish church in this village is 16th-century; has a neo-Classical retable by Cristobal Herber of 1790
García de la Paz (2003: 26) informs that the baptismal font of this 'ermita' [country chapel] was stolen from the interior of the church, together with the image of the patron saint and several other objects. The same source informs that the Spanish police recovered the image of San Mamés, but no mention was made of the present whereabouts of the stolen baptismal font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

García de Paz, José Luis, Patrimonio desaparecido de Guadalajara: una guía para conocerlo y evocarlo, Guadalajara: Aache, 2003