Maureillas, in Maureillas-las-Illas / Mauranells / Maureillas / Maurelianum / Morellàs i les Illes
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Scene Description: document attests to the existence of Saint-Étienne de Maureillas in 1187
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roch de Coligny, 2014
Image Source: digital image of a manuscript document [http://expert-manuscrits.over-blog.com/pages/Manuscrits_1_Xe_XIIe_siècles-3572184.html [accessed 17 February 2014]
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fabricio Cardenas, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 November 2013 by Fabricio Cardenas [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maureillas_-_Eglise_Saint-Etienne.JPG] [accessed 17 February 2014]
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FontID: 19086MAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Etienne de Maureillas
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: 66480 Maureillas-las-Illas, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the A9, SSW of Le Boulou, N of La Vajol, Agullana (Spain), 5 km from Céret, 25 km from Perpignan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan-Elne
Historical Region: Les Albères -- Vallespir
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: church here existed before 1147, and there is a last will and testament of 1187 that mentions this church in it: "Pour aider Saint Étienne de Maureillas (Maurelianis), je laisse audit monastère tout le mas de Guillaume Nerdera avec les hommes et les femmes, les issues et les régrès et tout ce qui m'est advenu par ma mère Englesa, de sorte que ceci soit un alleud franc et libre pour ledit monastère." [source: Roch de Coligny, Cabinet d'expertise "Honoré d'Urfé" -- transcription of charte-parchemin 1187B [http://expert-manuscrits.over-blog.com/pages/Manuscrits_1_Xe_XIIe_siècles-3572184.html [accessed 17 February 2014]]
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the original 12th-century (?) church here].
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UTM: 31T 484452 4704355