Pinar / El Pinar

INFORMATION

FontID: 18413PIN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de San Antonio Abad
Church Patron Saints: St. Anthony the Great [aka Antony the Great, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes]
Church Location: C/El Pinar s/n, Taibique, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, El Hierro 38913 España -- Tel.: +34 922 558 102
Country Name: Spain
Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias
Directions to Site: Located on the island of El Hierro, 27 km S of Valverde
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de San Cristóbal de La Laguna [aka Diócesis de Tenerife]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century,
Avila (2012) nottes and illustrates a stone holy-water stoup of the 17th century; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin with a pronounced moulding at the upper rim, raised on a square-to-octagonal pedestal base, and a two-step square lower base. Avila (ibid.) reports that the baptismal font here is, like those at San Andres and El Mocanal, modern, of the late-19th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Avila (2012)]

REFERENCES

Avila, Ana, Isla de El Hierro: Patrimonio artístico religioso, Madrid: Ediciones del Umbral, 2012