Saint-Maurice No. 1 / Agaune / Agaunum
Image copyright © Esteve García Antoñana, 2017
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view of font - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Esteve García Antoñana, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 October 2017 by Esteve García Antoñana
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view of font - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
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view of font - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Odrade 123, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 August 2011 by Odrade 123 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Maurice,_Abbaye,_baptistère_médiéval.jpg?uselang=de] [accessed 25 April 2014]
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view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Esteve García Antoñana, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 October 2017 by Esteve García Antoñana
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view of church exterior - cloister
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Flobert, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 July 2011 by Flobert [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye04.JPG?uselang=de] [accessed 25 April 2014]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the early tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lothar Spurzem, 1990
Image Source: photograph taken 3 June 1990 by Lothar Spurzem [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:32126_St-Maurice_1990-06-03.jpg] [accessed 25 April 2014]
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view of church exterior
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Image Source: Photograph by: Unknown, or self-timer Date: 15.09.1935 Format: Film, in Riksantikvarieämbetet [kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000183704] [accessed 25 April 2014]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Flobert, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 July 2011 by Flobert [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye02.JPG?uselang=de] [accessed 25 April 2014]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Flobert, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 July 2011 by Flobert [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye03.JPG?uselang=de] [accessed 25 April 2014]
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information
Scene Description: plaque by the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Esteve García Antoñana, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 October 2017 by Esteve García Antoñana
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information
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Acte de donation du roi de Bourgogne Rodolphe III à l'abbaye Saint-Maurice (15 février 1018). Source : Fondation des Archives Historiques de l'Abbaye de St-Maurice"
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Image Source: digital photograph of the archive document taken 6 April 2006 by Polmars [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donation_du_roi_de_Bourgogne_Rodolphe_III_à_l'abbaye_Saint-Maurice_(15_février_1018).jpg] [accessed 25 April 2014]
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view of font - section
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Louis Blondel, 1949
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Louis Blondel (1949) [N-268_1949_03_00.pdf]
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view of font - section
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Louis Blondel, 1949
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Louis Blondel (1949) [N-268_1949_03_00.pdf]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Louis Blondel, 1949
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Louis Blondel (1949) [N-268_1949_03_00.pdf]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Louis Blondel, 1949
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Louis Blondel (1949) [N-268_1949_03_00.pdf]
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view of baptistery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Louis Blondel, 1949
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Louis Blondel (1949) [N-268_1949_03_00.pdf]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19189MAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Abtei Saint-Maurice / Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune Territorialis Abbatia Sancti Mauritii Agaunensis [aka Saint-Maurice-en-Valais]
Font Location in Church: In the archaeological site of the abbey
Church Notes: 5th-6thC abbey built on the ruins of a Roman temple; tower is 11thC [re-built in 1945], but church is 17thC
Church Address: Av. d'Agaune 15, 1890 Saint-Maurice, Switzerland -- Tel.: +41 24 486 04 04
Site Location: Valais, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the banks of the Rhone, off road 21, SE of Monthey and Lac Leman
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocèse de Sion]
Additional Comments: NB: the Abbey has diocese jurisdiction/rank, and at the same time serves some parishes within the Diocese of Sion
Font Notes:
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Sunken font of the 5th century baptistery excavated in the abbey of Saint-Maurice.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 1 November 2025) included Louis Blondel's article Le baptistère et les anciens édifices conventuels de l’Abbaye d’Agaune (1949) - In: Vallesia vol. 4 (1949) p. 15-28 [N-268_1949_03_00.pdf] [accessed 9 March 2026], that reports the discovery of a sunken baptismal font, slightly oval in shape (148 x 156 cm) and about 65 cm in depth; the font has access has two accesses, north and south, and has a drain hole at the bottom.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 1 November 2025) included Louis Blondel's article Le baptistère et les anciens édifices conventuels de l’Abbaye d’Agaune (1949) - In: Vallesia vol. 4 (1949) p. 15-28 [N-268_1949_03_00.pdf] [accessed 9 March 2026], that reports the discovery of a sunken baptismal font, slightly oval in shape (148 x 156 cm) and about 65 cm in depth; the font has access has two accesses, north and south, and has a drain hole at the bottom.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Natasha Hathaway and to Esteve García Antoñana for their photographs of this baptistery font. We are also grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting the baptistery and its font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 346049 5120407
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.219811, 7.003859
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 13′ 11.32″ N, 7° 0′ 13.89″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre drain hole