Amel / Ambleve / Amblève / Curtis Amblava

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25922AME
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 7th - 15th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Hubertuskerk [& Agilolphus?]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Hubert of Liège [aka Hubertus] [and St. Agilulfus of Cologne [aka Agilolphus of Stavelot / Agilulf] [feast day July 9]]
Church Address: Kirchweg 173, 4770 Amel, Belgium
Site Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium
Directions to Site: located off the N676-N659 crossroads, 8-10 km NNE of St Vith, about 20 km W of the border with Germany
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Additional Comments: disappeared font[s] (the one(s) of the medieval church here
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here]. The present font in this church is modern, probably of the 1930 re-building of the medieval church here; it is illustrated in a series of digital photographs in Wikimedia taken 10 March 2022 by Thomas Hummel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Baptismal_fonts_of_St._Hubertus_(Amel)] [accessed 14 November 2025]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this church and its disappeared font(s) to our attention, and for his help in documenting the site

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 298708 5581872
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.354462, 6.170213
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 21′ 16.06″ N, 6° 10′ 12.77″ E