Sarnago / Sárnago

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16390SAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Bartolome [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Notes: abandoned medieval church "desde hace años desacralizada y en ruinas"
Church Address: Calle Iglesia, 42174 Sárnago, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: abandoned hamlet; church in ruins located off (E) the SO-630, in the municipality and 3 km SE of San Pedro Manrique, 60 km NE of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Historical Region: Tierras Altas
Additional Comments: disused / abandoned font
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as one of group of Romanesque fonts in Soria province kept in very poor conditions and in danger of total destruction; this particular one is in the ruins of the church. The entry for this site in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_SARNAGO.pdf] [accessed 31 August 2025] reports the disused and abandoned hard-to-date font in the ruins of the church: "En el interior, invadido por la vegetación y las ruinas, se conserva la pila bautismal, de copa troncocónica lisa de 91 cm de diámetro × 45 cm de altura, sobre tenante cilíndrico igualmente carente de decoración. Aunque de traza
románica, su cronología es imprecisa."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 567169 4650711
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.005556, -2.188889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 0′ 20″ N, 2° 11′ 20″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 91 cm*
Basin Total Height: 45 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 325, 328