Cholula No. 2 / San Pedro Mexicaltzingo

INFORMATION

FontID: 12235CHO
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Puebla
Directions to Site: Located 10 km W of Puebla capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Tequitqui
De La Maza (1959), in his description of the baptistery, mentions "sus preciosas pilas de tecali" [=its beautiful tecali fonts [NB: the word 'pila' can mean both font (pila bautismal) and stoup (pila de agua bendita)]]. The entry in the Puebla web site [www.ipsonet.org/cholula/iglesias/otras.html] [accessed 27 September 2006] mentions an ancient holy-water stoup, perhaps 16th-century, in the church of San Pedro Mexicaltzingo.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Maza, Francisco de la, La ciudad de Cholula y sus iglesias, México: Imprenta Universitaria, 1959