Azcona No. 4 / Aizkoa
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011
Standing permission
Results: 4 records
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior - south view
view of church interior - altar
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17757AZC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de Santa Catalina [aka Santa Catalina de Azcona]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine]
Church Notes: the rural chapel was originally -12th century- in the now disappeared hamlet of Ciriza
Church Address: 31177 Azcona, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7322, near Casetas de Ciriza, between Azcona and Arizaleta, 11 km N of Estella, 12 km N of Irache, 41 km from Pamplona.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Additional Comments: [unconfirmed: Mikel Unanue says there was (is?) something that looked like a font being used as altar support] -- disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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The Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990- ) reports smallish medieval holy-water stoup by the south entrance [="en el lado de la Epístola, inmediata a la puerta de entrada, se localiza una pequeña pila medieval de agua bendita"]. The Enciclopedia del Romanico en Navarra (2008) does not mention any font or stoup here. A medieval baptismal font [="una pila bautismal medieval"] is reported in this 12th-century rural chapel [http://www.turismo.navarra.es/esp/organice-viaje/recurso.aspx?masInf=1&o=5237] [accessed 27 November 2011], but it is probably referred to the stoup noted in the CMdeN above. [NB: there is possibility that was raised by Mikel Unanue (email communication of 29 November 2011 to BSI): that the present base of the altar may be the old medieval basin, just as the une found in Uncastillo [cf. Index entry for Uncastillo No. 1]. The main difference between the two, however, is that the Uncastillo object has a clearly visible drain hole, but there is no drain hole visible in this one]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his informationon and photographs of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 583508 4733550
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Drainage System: yes
REFERENCES
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II**: 686-688