Chapelaude No. 2 / La Chapelaude
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19076CHA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Nicolas de La Chapelaude
Font Location in Church: By the W entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: 4 Pl. du 11 Novembre 1918, 03380 La Chapelaude, France
Site Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D149, 15-20 km NW of Montluçon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Moulins
Historical Region: Pays d'Huriel
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31T 462009 5140922
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.42201, 2.502801
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 25′ 19.24″ N, 2° 30′ 10.09″ E
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, p. 121