Brig-Glis / Brig / Briga-Glis / Brigue-Glis / Briva

Baptismal font in a greyisch veined marble; it appears monolithic, with a tub-shaped basin on a square base; there are piping and moulding on the side of both basin and base. The font cover is a tall complex job of three colonnaded levels plus sculptural finial, probably of later date; (19th-century?) while the font itself could be earlier, perhaps 17th-century. The cover appears to be of the rim-buffet type, and with doors opening for access to the water, as there is no lifting apparatus, or room above to be lifted. Not far from the font is a holy-water stoup of the same material as the font, a shallow basin on a baluster-shaped pedestal base. The entry for the Pilgrimage Church Glis in the Brig Simplon Tourismus AG web site [https://www.brig-simplon.ch/en/poi/pilgrimage-church-glis] [accessed 22 September 2025] notes: "Excavations have uncovered traces of a rural baptistery dating back to the early days of Christianity in Valais. The most important feature of this church complex, which was built around 615, is a rectangular baptismal font. [NB: the Pilgrimage Church, Muttergotteskirche auf dem Glisacker, is located at Dorfplatz 4, 3902 Glis, Switzerland -- Tel.: +41 27 923 68 11]