Chateauponsac No. 2 / Castro-Ponssat / Castrum Potentiacum / Châteauponsac / Chastel Ponçac / Château Lorraine / Potentaco / Potentiacum

FontID: 20644CHA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre [disappeared] [modern church Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul]

Church Location: modern church: 14, rue des remparts, 87290 Châteauponsac, France

Country Name: France

Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located off the D711, between Saint-Sornin-Leulac (N) and Saint-Pardoux (S), in the arr. of Bellac

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Limoges

Century and Period: 10th century (?), Early Romanesque

Church Notes: 10thC church of St. Peter built by Aimery de Rancon [present site of the town hall]

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: we have no information on the font of this disappeared church]

UTM: 31T 366901 5110457