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INFORMATION
FontID: 20991LAP
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Etienne
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: 19550 Lapleau, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located at the D16-D89 crossroads, NW of Soursac, NW of Mauriac, ENE of Tulle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: baptismal church here first documented in 813
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The entry for this church in the site of the Mairie of Lapleau [www.mairiedelapleau-correze.net/fr/information/18086/eglise-st-etienne-lapleau] [accessed 16 February 2017] reports that the font from the ancient [12th-century] church was retained and installed in the new late-19th century church in 1890: "Un baptistère a été conservé et est utilisé dans l’église actuelle". [NB we have no further details of this font at present].