Rivesaltes No. 1 / Ribas Altas / Ribesaltes
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21392RIV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 923?
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th century (early?), Early Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-André de Rivesaltes [original church Sainte-Marie]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew [original church was dedicated to St. Mary]
Church Notes: present church 17th-18thC, built on the site of an earlier church dedicated to St. Mary that was demolished in the 17thC
Church Address: 66600 Rivesaltes, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Rivesaltes is located off the D117, now part of the 'aire urbaine' of Perpignan, towards the N
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan-Elne
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 10thC church dedicated to St. Mary]
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the demolished church of St. Mary]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46′ 18″ N, 2° 52′ 28″ E