Magallon No. 1 / Magallón
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12376MUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 2 January 1783
Font Century and Period/Style: 18th century (late)
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Lorenzo de Magallón
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Notes: church listed in SIPCA [https://www.sipca.es/censo/1-INM-ZAR-013-153-001/Iglesia/de/San/Lorenzo.html] [accessed 30 June 2025]
Church Address: C. Castillo, 1Z, 50520 Magallón, Zaragoza, Spain
Site Location: Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the Z-324 [aka Av. Zaragoza], N of the N-122, about 50 km NW of Zaragoza capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Tarazona
Additional Comments: disappeared font? : the original font of this church
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Magallon web site [www.magallon.es/turismo/monumentos/sanlorenzo.php] as a ceramic baptismal font the place of fabrication and the date noted in an inscription on it: "Soy de Magallón y fabricada en Muel a 3 de Henero [sic] de 1783". This same source informs that a copy of this font was presented to Pope John Paul II on his visit to Zaragoza [NB: the church was built in the 16th century and inaugurated in the first years of the 17th century, but we have no information of the earlier font of this church]. [cf. Index entry for Magallon No. 2 for another 18th-century font also in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 627810 4632504
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.834122, -1.460745
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 50′ 2.84″ N, 1° 27′ 38.68″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: ceramic
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Spanish
Inscription Text: "SOY DE MAGALLON Y FABRICADA EN MUEL A 2 DE HENERO DE 1783"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]