Gijzenzele / Ghisenzele / Villa Gisingasale

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25928GIJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 15th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Bavokerk, Gijzenzele
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bavo [aka Allowin, Baaf, Bavo of Ghent, Bavon, Bavonius]
Church Notes: church documented 864, 976, 1214; re-built 13th and ca. 1500; restored and modified 17th and 18th and 19thC;
Church Address: Kerkstraat 6, Gijzenzele, 9860 Oosterzele, Belgium
Site Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N42, S of Hwy E40, in the municipality of Oosterzel, about 12 km SW of Ghent city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Ghent / Diocèse de Gand
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s) (the medieval font(s) here) -- price of a font (160 Belgian francs in 1861) ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
The present baptismal font in this church is modern; listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/11722] [accessed 16 November 2025]: "Date: 1791 - 1800". A receipt for the payment of 160 francs for the present font is signed on 26 August 1861. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font(s) here]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this church to our attention and for his help in documenting it and the missing font(s)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 557126 5646837
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.97097, 3.81574
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 58′ 13.08″ N, 3° 48′ 48.96″ E

REFERENCES

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