San Francisco de la Montana / San Francisco de la Montaña

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15764MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1727?
Font Century and Period/Style: 18th century, Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Francisco de la Montaña, Veraguas
Font Location in Church: Inside the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Francis of Assisi
Church Address: San Francisco, Veraguas Province, Panama -- Tel.: +507 6727-6888
Site Location: Veraguas, Panama, Central America
Directions to Site: Located off road 33, about 20 km N of Santiago
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santiago de Veraguas
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Molina Castillo (2008): Baptismal font [and probably two holy-water stoups] consisting of a hemispherical basin with ribbed sides and underbowl, raised on a pedestal base; an inscription records the object as donated by the parish priest and episcopal examiner, Nicolás García Pinillos, in 1727. Another such font, probably by the same han or workshop, is foun at the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios, in the town of the same name [NB: this latter font was much damaged when it fell on the ground].

COORDINATES

UTM: 17P 503076 911436
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 8.245478, -80.972067
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 8° 14′ 43.72″ N, 80° 58′ 19.44″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Molina Castillo, Mario José, Veragua, la tierra de Colón y de Urracá: estudio geo-histórico, urbanístico, económico, social, político y cultural de Veraguas, Chiriqui y Bocas del Toro, 1502-1821, Panamá: Arte Gráfico Impresores, 2008, t. 1: 389