Sesimbra No. 2 / Cempsibriga
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 21249SES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1533-1564?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(?), Late Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Matriz de São Tiago Apóstolo de Sesimbra
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Notes: church built 1533-1564 -- listed in SIPA [IPA.00012773]
Church Address: Largo do Monumento das Forças Armadas, 2970-763 Sesimbra, Portugal -- Tel.: +351 21 223 3105
Site Location: Setúbal, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EM569, in the municipality of Sesimbra, at the foothills of the Serra da Arrábida, near the Setúbal Bay and the mouth of the Sado River
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Setúbal
Historical Region: Estremadura
Font Notes:
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Th entry for this church in SIPA [http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=12773] [accessed 17 October 2025] reports two baptismal font made of marble located beneath the west gallery: "no sub-coro duas pias baptismais, em mármore"; one of these two, located in the south aisle, and illustrated in SIPA FOTO.00577940 [same URL as above] consists of a large cylindrical basin with plain sides, raised on a plain cylindrical stem and a round moulded lower base. Made of reddish marble. No cover peresent. [NB: the second "pia' may actually be a reference to a wall-mounted holy-water stoup illustrated in SIPA FOTO.00577939 [same URL as above] described as "pia de água benta junto ao guarda-vento".
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 491066 4255152
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.444607, -9.102375
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 26′ 40.58″ N, 9° 6′ 8.55″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round