Canillo No. 2
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18220CAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Serni de Canillo
Font Location in Church: inside the church, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturninus of Toulouse [aka Saturnin, Sernin, Sirnin]
Church Notes: the present church is of the Baroque period, but it was built on the ruins of an earlier church, probably 11th or 12th centuy
Church Address: Plaça de Sant Serni, 100 Canillo, Andorra
Site Location: Andorra, Andorra, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CG-2, NE of Encamp and Andorra la Vella
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel
Additional Comments: composite stoup
Font Notes:
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Garcia (2011) reports a holy-water stoup of very simple and design, dated 11th- or 12th-century. The crude basin, mounted a much later pedestal base, is located inside the church, in the nave, towards the west side.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 384885 4713741
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.5675, 1.5975
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 34′ 3″ N, 1° 35′ 51″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: to
REFERENCES
- Garcia, Mireia, El románico en Andorra, Andorra la Vella: Andorra Ed., 2011, p. 35