Merens nr. Agen / Mérens / Pont-du-Casse

Entrepôt de données publiques [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/donnees-publiques] [accessed 24 November 2013]

Results: 2 records

view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: the modern church of 1864-1865

Image Source: digital photograph in http://visites.aquitaine.fr/IMG/jpg/47209_003jpge7d2.jpg [accessed 24 November 2013]

Copyright Instructions: Entrepôt de données publiques [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/donnees-publiques] [accessed 24 November 2013]

view of font

Scene Description: the modern font of ca. 1864-1865

Image Source: digital photograph in http://visites.aquitaine.fr/IMG/jpg/72_47209_7_ed99a.jpg [accessed 24 November 2013]

Copyright Instructions: Entrepôt de données publiques [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/donnees-publiques] [accessed 24 November 2013]

INFORMATION

FontID: 18804MER

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Mérens

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter ad vincula

Church Location: 47480 Pont-du-Casse, France

Country Name: France

Location: Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located off the D656. NE of Agen

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Agen

Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval

Church Notes: original 13thC church demolished in 1863; new church started in 1864, consecrated in 1865 [source: http://catholique-agen.cef.fr/site/1808.html [accessed 24 November 2013]]

Font Notes: Click to view

The present font is noted and illustrated in Visites Aquitaine [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/fonds-baptismaux-de-l-eglise-saint-pierre-es] [accessed 24 November 2013]. The font is made of red marble and consists of a shallow round basin raised on a moulded round baluster pedestal base and a quadrangular lower base. It probably dates from the building of the new church in 1864-1865. [NB: we have no information on the font of the demolished 13th-century church here].