Sauxillanges No. 1
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font here [cf. FontNotes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 18650SAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre Dame de l'Assomption [formerly St. Peter?]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary [formerly St. Peter?]
Country Name: France
Location: Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located 10 km off (E) the A75 at Issoire, 30 km SSE of Clermont-Ferrand
Historical Region: Pays de Sauxillanges
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original abbey here founded by Guillaume, duke of Aquitaine, in 917; the abbey church was destroyed during the Revolution, but some parts of the abbey survived -- there may have been a church dedicated to St. Peter here by the 10thC
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the baptismal font(s) of the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 529037 5044230