Sao Torcato / São Torcato
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25835TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Capela do Mosteiro de São Torcato / Igreja Paroquial de São Torcato
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Torquatus of Acci [Guadix] [1stC]
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]
Church Address: R. Dr. Francisco Fernandes 2, 4800-863 São Torcato, Portugal
Site Location: Braga, Norte, Portugal
Directions to Site: Located off road N207-4, 6-7 km NE of Guimarães
Historical Region: Minho
Font Notes:
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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 work. Octagonal font cover with moulded upper surface; appears modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info/zdutchfonts.htm] for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.48381, -8.25866
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]