Santiago de Compostela No. 13
Image copyright © Andy Eccles, 2023
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 July 2023)
Results: 5 records
view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: basin of the 18thC(?) holy-water stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andy Eccles, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph May 2023 by Andy Eccles
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 July 2023)
view of church exterior - portal - tympanum
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tímpano da Epifanía, hoxe no interior da igrexa de San Bieito do Campo (Santiago)" [originally from the medieval church here]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lameiro, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2017 by Lameiro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santiago_23-24b,_San_Bieito_do_Campo.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: the present church replaced a medieval one in the 18thC
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andy Eccles, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph May 2023 by Andy Eccles
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 July 2023)
view of church interior - altar - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Relevo da Visitación, no interior da igrexa de San Bieito do Campo (Santiago)" [originally from the medieval church here]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lameiro, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 9 June 2017 by Lameiro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santiago_23-23b,_San_Bieito_do_Campo.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of stoup
Scene Description: the 18thC(?) holy-water stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andy Eccles, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph May 2023 by Andy Eccles
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 July 2023)
INFORMATION
FontID: 24761SAN
Church/Chapel: Igrexa de San Bieito do Campo
Church Patron Saints: St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Church Location: Rúa de San Bieito, 2, 15704 Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off the N547, about 45 km E of Santiago de Compostela
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lugo
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andy Eccles for his photographs of the present church and font/stoup
Church Notes: original church 10thC; re-built 12thC by bishop Gelmírez; totally demolished and replaced by present church in the 18thC
[NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church replaced by the present 18th-century building]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42º 52' 51.9" N,
8º 32' 30.9" W