Cheraute / Cheraltus / Chéraute / Sent-Barthelemi de Chéraute / Sohüta / Xerauta / Xeraute
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - retable - detail
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18863CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Barthélemy
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Church Location: 64130 Chéraute, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located SW of Mauléon-Licharre, arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron [formerly Ddiocèse d'Oloron]
Historical Region: Soule-Xiberoa
Church Notes: church originally late-medieval; chiefly now late-19thC
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin bearing an inscription [FONS SALUTIS] on the side, raised on three Greek crosses instead of a pedestal, and a round lower base. Moulded dome cover of brass with Latin cross finial; also modern. Noted and illustrated in Visites Aquitaine [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/fonts-baptismaux-de-l-eglise-saint-barthelemy-11066] [accessed 8 December 2013]: “Les fonts baptismaux de l’église de Chéraute sont constitués d’une cuve totalement circulaire reposant sur un pied formé par plusieurs croix chrétiennes dressées verticalement. Sculptés dans la pierre, ils sont peu décorés, mais portent l’inscription gravée « Fons Salutis » [...] Les fonts sont recouverts d’un couvercle en cloche réalisé dans le métal et surmonté d’une petite croix." [NB: we have no information on the font of the original late-medieval church here].