Auch No. 1 / Augusta Ausciorum / Augusta Auscorum / Ausci / Aush / Aux / Climberrum / Elimberris
Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2009 by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Poudou99, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 8 September 2017 by Poudou99 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Auch_-_2017-09-01_-_IMG_0681.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Poudou99, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 8 September 2017 by Poudou99 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Auch_-_2017-09-01_-_IMG_0418.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14759AUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 8th - 16th century, Early Christian / Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Cathedrale de Sainte-Marie / Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: first church here 8thC; destroyed by the Arabs; re-built late-9thC; destroyed by fire 1171; re-built 14th-15thC; re-built 16th-19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094702]: "4e quart 15e siècle, 4e quart 17e siècle"
Church Address: 5 rue Arnaud de Moles, 32000 Auch, France -- Tel.: +33 5 62 05 72 71
Site Location: Gers, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the A21-A124 crossroads, 60 km NE of Tarbes, 65-70 km W of Toulouse . The church is located off (W) the N21, om the W bank of the Gers river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Auch
Historical Region: Gascony / Midi-Pyrénées
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s)? (the ones from the medieval church(es( here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font in black marble consisting of a hemispheric basin raised on a baluster-type round stem and an octagonal lower base and tiny square plinth. Crude wooden cover, round, plain and flat; modern. The modern font is located in the Chapelle de l'Immaculée Conception.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for her photograph of this modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 305298 4835431
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.646389, 0.585833
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 38′ 47″ N, 0° 35′ 9″ E