Chapelaude No. 2 / La Chapelaude

INFORMATION

FontID: 19076CHA

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Nicolas de La Chapelaude

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra

Church Location: 4 Pl. du 11 Novembre 1918, 03380 La Chapelaude, France

Country Name: France

Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Directions to Site: Located off the D149, 15-20 km NW of Montluçon

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Moulins

Historical Region: Pays d'Huriel

Font Location in Church: By the W entranceway

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Stoup reported in an oral presentation by Georges de Soultrait to the 21st session of the 1854 Congrès archéologique de France, as a holy-water stoup made of granite, old "mais sans caractère". The entry for this church in Momentum [https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00093038/la-chapelaude-eglise-saint-nicolas] [accessed 12 August 2024] reports: "A l'entrée occidentale, présence d'un bénitier roman, circulaire, reposant sur une base octogonale."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.42201, 2.502801

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 25′ 19.24″ N, 2° 30′ 10.09″ E

UTM: 31T 462009 5140922

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: round (mounted)

REFERENCES

Société française d'archéologie, Congrès archéologique de France (XXIe session, Moulins, France, 1854), Paris: Derache, 1855