Ribe No. 3 / Ripen

INFORMATION

Font ID: 20109RIB

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Date: ca. 1170?

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Sankt Nikolai Kloster [demolished 16thC?)

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra

Church Notes: Benedictine nunnery early-12thC; new Benedictine priory ca. 1170; church shared with villagers but nuns relegated to railed choir; building demolished 16thC?

Church Address: [demolished]

Site Location: Sønderjylland, Syddanmark, Denmark, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the highways 11 and 24 crossroads, 25-30 km SE of Esbjerg, in SW Jutland

Ecclesiastic Region: [Ribe Stift]

Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the demolished 12thC priory church here)

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: we have no information on the font from the demolished 12th-century church here]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 484914 6131355