Saint-Jean-d’Illac / Illac / Sanctus Johannes d’Oilhac / Sent Joan d'Ilhac
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: the modern mid-19th century church
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18888ILL
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 56 Place Eglise, 33127 Saint-Jean-d'Illac, France -- Terl.: +33 5 56 21 61 43
Country Name: France
Location: Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located on the D106, off (S) the D213, N of Cestas, W of Mérignac, WSW of Bordeaux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bordeaux
Historical Region: Bordelais
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church Notes: present mid-19thC church replaced an earlier one here
The present font in this church is, like the replacement building here, modern, of the mid-19th century; it consists of on octagonal basin of white marble decorated with quatrefoil motifs on the sides, raised on an octagonal stone pedestal base, also modern. This modern font is noted and illustrated in Visites Aquitaine [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/fonts-baptismaux-de-l-eglise-saint-jean-baptiste-4949] [accessed 22 December 2013]. We have no information on the original date of the earlier church here but, according to Cirot de la Ville (1867) the old church at Saint-Jean-d’Illac was subject to the parish of Saint Seurin du Pian ca. 1335. The archives of the diocese of Bordeaux [G422, (Carton.) - 39 pièces, parchemin ; 32 pièces, papier., série G (clergé séculier), archevêché de Bordeaux [http://archives.gironde.fr/ead/] [accessed 22 December 2013]] have a mention of this church in 1527: "Aveu rendu au chapitre par Jean Baquey, vigneron, pour le tiers d'une maison paroisse de Saint-Jean-d'Illac, rapportant deux deniers d'exporle (1527)". [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
44° 48′ 38″ N,
0° 46′ 57″ O
REFERENCES
Cirot de la Ville, abbé, Origines chrétiennes de Bordeaux, ou Histoire et description de l'Eglise de St-Seurin, Bordeaux: Typographie Ve. Justin Dupuy et Comp., 1867
