Auch No. 2 / Augusta Ausciorum / Augusta Auscorum / Ausci / Aush / Aux / Climberrum / Elimberris

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22520AUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1120?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Marie [disappeared]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 32000 Auch, France
Site Location: Gers, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Auch is located off the D924
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocèse d'Auch]
Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Additional Comments: dusappeared font? (the one from the disappeared church here)
Font Notes:
Volume 37, p. 151, of the Revue de Gascogne: Bulletin Bimestrial de la Société Historique de Gascogne (Auch, 1896) documents the donation of the church of Bretous to Sainte-Marie d'Auch in 1120. The same issue (pp. 271ff) documents the destruction of the churches of Sainte-Marie and of Saint-Orens in the 1790s.