Vars-sur-Roseix / Vars / Vartum
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "De l’époque romane subsiste le chevet de l’église qui fut sans cesse remaniée au cours du moyen âge. La nef et son bas-côté ont été refaits aux XV e et XVIe siècles".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 16 April 2017]
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view of church interior - relics (and reliquaries)
Scene Description: Source caption: "La pièce principale du mobilier est la châsse en forme de sarcophage abritant les reliques de saint Benoît et de saint Martin. Cette œuvre limousine de la fin du XIIIe siècle est décorée de dix-huit médaillons d’anges gravés sur un fond d’émail blanc, bordé de rouge."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 16 April 2017]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21195VAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Benoît et Sainte-Anne
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Benedict [aka Benet] & St. Anne
Church Notes: 12thC church belonged to the Abbaye de la Règle
Church Address: 19130 Vars-sur-Roseix, France
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D140, between Ayen (WSW) and Objat (E), NW of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the 12th-century church here].