Escures No. 2 / Castets (Mouta de Castets) / Escurees / Escurès / Los Cassos d'Escures / Mercatus Escuresii / Sanctus Justinus de Scures

INFORMATION

FontID: 18812ESC

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Nicolas [disappeared]

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra

Country Name: France

Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar at Oloron

Historical Region: Vic-Bilh -- Béarn

Century and Period: 11th - 14th century, Medieval

Church Notes: church documented since the 11thC; now disappeared -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00027511] as a priory: "Diverses donations à Castets et à Escurès aux moines de Saint-Pé-de-Génerès justifièrent la fondation d'un prieuré, attesté en 1319. Réuni provisoirement à la mense abbatiale en 1362 et définitivement en 1515. En ruine en 1538"

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