Auch No. 3 / Augusta Ausciorum / Augusta Auscorum / Ausci / Aush / Aux / Climberrum / Elimberris
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22521AUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Orens [disappeared]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Address: [NB: modern church location] Place Ledru Rollin / Rue du Sénéchal, 32000 Auch, France
Site Location: Gers, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D924, about 300 yds NE of the cathedral
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocèse d'Auch]
Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Additional Comments: dusappeared font? (the one from the disappeared church here)
Font Notes:
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Volume 37, p. 151, of the Revue de Gascogne: Bulletin Bimestrial de la Société Historique de Gascogne (Auch, 1896, pp271ff) documents the destruction of the churches of Sainte-Marie and of Saint-Orens in the 1790s.