Bugedo No. 2 / Bujedo de Candepajares

INFORMATION

FontID: 14644BUJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa María [aka Monasterio-Noviciado de los Hermanos de las Escuelas Cristianas
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: the monastery of Bugedo/Bujedo is located 9 km S of Miranda de Ebro, near Foncea, pass the bridge, then left
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: Medieval
Church Notes: Original church of the monastery said to have been founded in 1165/8 by Doña Sancha de Frías for Premonstratensian canons; it burned down, and was re-built ca. 1580; the east apse is original -- until recently the old monastery had been used as a seminary [Monasterio-Noviciado de los hermanos de las Escuelas Cristianas]. More recently [visited Dec. 2012] a retirement residence for priests of the order, centre for spiritual and cultural activities, etc. [Actualmente el monasterio está habitado por los Hermanos de La Salle, que se encargan de su mantenimiento desde 1891, utilizando las dependencias como residencia, Centro de Espiritualidad y lugar de encuentro de campamentos y colonias de jóvenes].
Font Notes:
Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) report two baptismal fonts in this monastery, now used as garden ornaments. The second one is in the monastery garden, and described as a plain hemispheric basin now completely covered and vegetation and eroded by water. [NB: we have no information about the origin of this font, but the Enciclopedia… (ibid.) notes that neither of these two fonts is the one originally from Foncea, said to have been moved to Bujedo ca. 1968]. [cf. Index entry for Bujedo No. 1 for the other font in this monastery and Bujedo No. 1 for a font at the parish church of Santa Maria [NB: the monastery fonts are not mentioned in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- )]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 4721857 498543

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en la Rioja, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008
Sáenz Rodríguez, Minerva, "Las pilas bautismales del arte románico en la Rioja", Arte medieval en la Rioja: prerrománico y románico. VIII Jornadas de arte y patrimonio regional, Logroño: Instituto de Estudios Riojanos, 2004