Aurelle

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25886AUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne église Saint-Pierre d'Aurelle [désaffecté]
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the NW corner of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093958]: "En 1382, prétextant l'arrivée des Anglais, le marquis de Beaufort, baron d'Aurelle, détruit l'église [...] La nouvelle église, de 1384, a été reconstruite à l'intérieur du village avec les éléments anciens. L'église était la paroisse d'un hameau aujourd'hui abandonné [...] Désaffecté".
Church Address: GXCQ+FF6 St Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac, France
Site Location: Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Directions to Site: The ruins of the old church are located in the abandoned hamlet of Aurelle, between the D122 (W) and the D503 (E), about 50 km NE of Rodez [NB: access only via a footpath]
Additional Comments: disused font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in Tourisme Aveyron [https://www.tourisme-aveyron.com/fr/diffusio/patrimoine-culturel-visites/chapelle-d-aurelle-saint-geniez-d-olt-et-d-aubrac_TFO194193494461] [accessed 4 August 2025] reports a baptismal font with a double drain found in the interior of the ruined church: "fonds [sic] baptismaux [...] avec un double évidement"; a view of the disused church interior (looking west) shows it located in the northwest corner of the nave of the disused church; the font appears monolithic, a hemispherical basin with a round short circular base, all plain. No cover present.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 499097 4929759
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.521155, 2.988636
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 31′ 16.16″ N, 2° 59′ 19.09″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: two drainage systems
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mériméee / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/list?base=%5B%22Patrimoine%20architectural%20%28M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e%29%22%5D.