Velroux / Velrode / Velrois / Verloû / Welleroux
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view of fontand cover
Scene Description: the mid-19thC font in this church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2026
Image Source: digital image of a 1972 B&W photograph [cliché M099027] by Mahaux, Charles, IRPA https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10098065
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: "Velroux, l'église Saint-André / Velroux, kerk: l'église Saint-André"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 1 June 2019 by Michielverbeek
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26078DDT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise Saint-André à Velroux / Sint-Andreaskerk (Velroux)
Church Wikidata: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Saint-André_de_Velroux
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: the village was endowed with a parish church and baptismal font around 1270-1273 [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: rue du Village, 4460 Grâce-Hollogne, Belgium -- Tel.: 04 250 10 64
Site Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N637, in the municipality of Grâce-Hollogne, N of Hwy E42, just W of Liège airport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège / Bistum Lüttich
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velroux
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church is modern; listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10098065] [accessed 27 January 2026]: "fonts baptismaux [...] Date: 1836 (ca) - 1836 (ca)".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 29 December 2025) informs: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Saint-Andr%C3%A9_de_Velroux 1100 : Velrois; Velrode, Welleroux. The Roman villa of Velroux was built from scratch around the mid-1st century BC and remained occupied until the end of the 4th century. An initial place of worship (chapel) was built in the 12th century. Its square tower, reinforced at the corners and fortified, once closed at ground level, still retains its arrow slits. Built in the Romanesque style, it was constructed of sandstone and limestone rubble. Originally located in the parish of Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher, the village was endowed with a parish church and baptismal font around 1270-1273. The tomb stone of Arnold de Velroux, dating from 1270, is located in the church. The village and the castle were burned down in 1328, after the Battle of Nierbonne (Erbonne). The tower was remodeled around 1550. A plaque bearing the coats of arms of the Wihogne and Glimes families commemorates the restoration. The rest of the church was rebuilt in the Neoclassical style in 1836. Baptismal records from 1657 onwards.
Baptismal font : appr. 1836, when the church was rebuilt. https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10098065 -- No trace of the font from 1270."
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 29 December 2025) informs: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Saint-Andr%C3%A9_de_Velroux 1100 : Velrois; Velrode, Welleroux. The Roman villa of Velroux was built from scratch around the mid-1st century BC and remained occupied until the end of the 4th century. An initial place of worship (chapel) was built in the 12th century. Its square tower, reinforced at the corners and fortified, once closed at ground level, still retains its arrow slits. Built in the Romanesque style, it was constructed of sandstone and limestone rubble. Originally located in the parish of Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher, the village was endowed with a parish church and baptismal font around 1270-1273. The tomb stone of Arnold de Velroux, dating from 1270, is located in the church. The village and the castle were burned down in 1328, after the Battle of Nierbonne (Erbonne). The tower was remodeled around 1550. A plaque bearing the coats of arms of the Wihogne and Glimes families commemorates the restoration. The rest of the church was rebuilt in the Neoclassical style in 1836. Baptismal records from 1657 onwards.
Baptismal font : appr. 1836, when the church was rebuilt. https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10098065 -- No trace of the font from 1270."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 671451 5613061
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.644151, 5.425025
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 38′ 38.95″ N, 5° 25′ 30.09″ E