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INFORMATION

Font ID: 25890ATH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise Saint-Ursmer d'Athis
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ursmarus [aka Ursmar, Ursmer de Lobbes] [b. 644 - d. 713] [bishop of Lobbes] [feast day: 18 April]
Church Notes: earlier church here documented in 1110; present church 18thC replacement of a 16thC church; the tower said to be 13thC
Church Address: Rue d'Athis, 7387 Honnelles, Belgium
Site Location: Hainaut, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N549, 4 km S of Dour, in the municipality and 8 km NE of Honnelles, 1-2 km N of the border with France
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of stone dated to the 16th century listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10014418] [accessed 10 August 2025]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre calcaire [...] Date: 1501 - 1600 [...] hauteur: 108 cm". The entry for this church in the deanery of Dour [https://doyenne-dour.be/paroisse_athis.html] [accessed 10 August 2025] notes: "Les fonts baptismaux en pierre bleue sont du 15e siècle".

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 555199 5579471
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.364771, 3.776059
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 21′ 53.18″ N, 3° 46′ 33.81″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no
Notes: conical

REFERENCES

  • KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.