Grimisuat / Grimisoch / Grimslen

Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 June 2012
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view of church exterior - southeast view
INFORMATION
FontID: 19174GRI
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pancrace
Church Patron Saints: St. Pancras of Rome [aka Pancrace, Pancratius]
Church Location: 1971 Grimisuat, Valais, Switzerland
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Valais
Directions to Site: Located off the Route d'Italie, S of Arbaz, NE of Sion, in the District of Sion
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Sion
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Natasha Hathaway for her photograph and measurements of the modern font
Church Notes: church originally late-12thC; mural paintings of the 17th and 20thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font in this church is modern; it consists of a square basin with a rounded underbowl decorated with ribs or gadroons, raised on a round baluster-shaped pedestal base; the modern font is 105 cm tall. Rim-buffet wooden cover, square with carved panels, scroll-ribs atop and orb-and-cross finial. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original late-12th century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
46.259853,
7.385357
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
46° 15′ 35.47″ N,
7° 23′ 7.28″ E
UTM: 32T 375562 5124187