Sao Torcato / São Torcato

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25835TOR
Church/Chapel: Capela do Mosteiro de São Torcato / Igreja Paroquial de São Torcato
Church Patron Saints: St. Torquatus of Acci [Guadix] [1stC]
Church Location: R. Dr. Francisco Fernandes 2, 4800-863 São Torcato, Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Braga, Norte
Directions to Site: Located off road N207-4, 6-7 km NE of Guimarães
Historical Region: Minho
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner of the nave
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century (?), Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info/zdutchfonts.htm] for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: Romanesque chapel of a mid-11thC Benecitine monastery; modified as Augustinian in the 12th-13thC; re-built 19thC; restored 1980s -- sted in SIPA [Número IPA Antigo: PT010308650017]
The baptismal font in this church consists of a roughly octagonal basin with very worn plain sides, raised of an octagonal-to-square pedestal base, equally plain; it has the looks of a local crude woork. Octagonal font cover with moulde upper surface; appears modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.48381, -8.25866
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 29′ 2″ N 41° 29′ 02″ N, 8° 15′ 31″ O, 8° 15′ 31″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]