Anzegem / Ansoldingehem

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25947ANZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th - 13th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Jan-Baptist en Sint-Eligiuskerk, Anzegem
Font Location in Church: disappeared
Church Patron Saint(s): St, John the Baptist & St. Eligius [aka Éloi, Eloy, Loi]
Church Notes: a church here documented in 960 "Ansoldingehem, villam mei iuris, cum ecclesia inibi fundata, cum domibus, terris, silva, pascius, pratis" as having been donated by Rodgerus to Ghent's St. Peter's Abbey; re-built in the 13thC as a three-aisled Romanesque cruciform church with a crossing tower was built, using Tournai stone; church damaged and repaired between the 16th and the 20thC; destroyed by fire in 2014
Church Address: De Vierschaar 1, 8570 Anzegem, Belgium
Site Location: West-Vlaanderen / Flandre Occidentale, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Anzegem is located off the N382-N494 crossroads, about 15 km E of Kortrijk
Additional Comments: disappeared / destroyed font(s) (the one(s) from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 17 November 2025) informs of the many vicissitudes of this church between its original 960 AD date and its final destruction in a 2014 fire. With regards to its fonts, PH notes: "In 1615, the baptismal font was given a new lead lining, made by Jeroen vander Mylen, a plumber of the city of Oudenaarde. Philips van Wynsberghe fitted a new lid. This may indicate that the baptismal font was damaged"; PH provides the reference to a 19th-century font that appears listed as "Marble baptismal font with copper lid, 1828 (?)" in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/30168] and in the Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/81393], a font that was destroyed in the 2014 fire that destroyed the whole church. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font(s) of this church].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this church to our attention and for related the information provided.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 533713 5631288
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.832322, 3.478731
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 49′ 56.36″ N, 3° 28′ 43.43″ E