Sotiello / Sotiello de Lena
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view of font
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view of basin - interior
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view of church exterior - portal
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of base
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17803SOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: [composite font?], [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Antolín, Sotiello
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Antoninus of Pamiers [aka Antoni / Antonin / St. Antolin]
Church Notes: monastery founded mid-11thC
Church Address: LN-8, 3, 33629 Valle-Zureda, Asturias, Spain
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the LN-8, W of the AP-66, in the municipality of Lena, 43 km S of Oviedo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Additional Comments: disappeared basin? (the medieval one?)
Font Notes:
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The present font in the parish church of this hamlet of Lena is probably a composite of a relatively modern basin and an older base. The church itself dates back to the 11th-12th century (?) monastery to which is said to have belonged, and the portal is indeed Romanesque, although the font itself is nowhere close to that date; the quadrangular pedestal base may be medieval. [NB: we have no information on the original basin of this font]. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/asturias_SOTIELLO.pdf] [accessed 12 September 2025] does not menuon the font but describes a capital and column re-purposed as holy-water stoup by the main antranceway: "Pegada a la puerta monumental aparece una columna con un capitel que fue reaprovechado como pila de agua bendita y que consta de una fila de hojas triangulares, colocadas en la base, y otra hilera decorada mediante cintas que sostienen hojas, siguiendo nuevamente un esquema existente en la colegiata de Arbas."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of church and font. 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 269711 4774315
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.086579, -5.82924
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 5′ 11.68″ N, 5° 49′ 45.26″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: unlined
REFERENCES
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.