Froidlieu / Freyeu
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "tchapele Sint-Bietmé di Freyeu: droet dlé et aite"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lucyin, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 21 March 2017 by Lucyin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tchapele_Sint-Bietmé_Freyeu_droet_dlé.jpg] [accessed 21 August 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10804FRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1565
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Barthélemy / Tchapele Sint-Bietmé di Freyeu
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Address: Froidlieu, 6920 Wellin, Belgium
Site Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road N40, in the municipality and 3 km E of Wellin, in the Ardennes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Namur
Historical Region: Ardennes
Font Notes:
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Limestone baptismal font of the late-Gothic period consisting of a basin dated to 1565 raised on an octagonal Gothic base [source: www.skene.be]. Noted in Famenne Ardenne [https://www.famenneardenne.be/details/ALD-01-08H4-1FQI&type=11/] [accessed 21 August 2022]: "Ce haut édifice mononef a été construit en 1767 et remplace l'antique oratoire situé en dehors du village. Il renferme un abondant mobilier du XVIIIe siècle (autels, confessionnal, chaire, bancs et chemin de croix), ainsi que des fonts baptismaux gothiques de 1565. En face de l'église, se trouve le presbytère (1752). Derrière le cimetière paroissial, des fouilles ont mis au jour les vestiges de l'ancienne église de Froidlieu (VIIIe-XVIIIe siècles).(Source : Jean-Luc Duvivier de Fortemps / Maison du Tourisme du Pays de la Haute-Lesse)." Not listed in BALaT.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 647900 5550284
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.0864, 5.0675
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 5′ 11.04″ N, 5° 4′ 3″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: 1565
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]