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

Font ID: 18812ESC

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 14th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Nicolas [disappeared]

Font Location in Church: [disappeared]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra

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"

Church Address: 64350 Escurès, France

Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the D13-D413 crossroads, NE of Pau

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar at Oloron

Historical Region: Vic-Bilh -- Béarn

Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval priory church here)

Font Notes: Click to view

UTM: 30T 732817 4817210