Gleixe / La Gleixe

INFORMATION

FontID: 10820GLE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Same et Saint-Lambert [Notre-Dame pre-18th century]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Lambert [aka Lambertus, Landebertus]

Country Name: Belgium

Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne

Directions to Site: Located near Les Awirs and the commune of Flémalle, and Liège

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

Ancient baptismal font inside the re-built church [source: www.chokier.com]. The same source informs that the original parish church, in the Concile de Hozémont, was dedicated to St. Mary only but, upon its re-building in 1779 the new church acquired the double dedication.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Un coin de la Hesbaye: l'ancien Comté et l'ancien Concile de Hozémont, [s.d.]