Samsons-Lion No. 2 / Sansons-Aulhon / Sansoûs-Lou Lhoû

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17491SAM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Madeleine à Lion
Font Location in Church: Inside, wall-mounted on the S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00026663]: "Edifice roman, 12e siècle ; remanié 16e siècle ? Et 18e siècle"
Church Address: 64350 Samsons-Lion, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D943, 2 km S of Lembeye, 34 km NE of Pau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax
Historical Region: Aquitaine / Béarn
Additional Comments: composite stoup [cf. FontNotes] -- disappeared font? (the font of the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
A composite holy-water stoup made of sandstone and wall-mounted on the south wall of the nave of this church is listed in Palissy [ref.: IM64002581]: "Bénitier [...] D'applique ; pied ; plan (circulaire) [...] Grès : taillé [...] H = 102 ; l = 47 ; la = 36 [...] Vasque posée sur 1 chapiteau renversé et 2 tambours de colonnette [...] Chapiteau 2e moitié 12e siècle ; colonne 16e siècle ou début 17e siècle ; cuve 18e siècle [...] Nef, mur sud". Palissy further notes two related but modern items in this church: a 19th-century ceramic stoup [Référence IM64002583], and the baptismal font [Référence IM64002580] made of sandstone and dated to the 18th century. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font]

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.