Avernas-le-Bauduin No. 1 / Inm'na

Baptismal font of the 17th century listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10028818] [accessed 12 March 2026]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre [...] Date: 1651 - 1700 [...] hauteur: 120 cm".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 3 November 2025) informs: "Avernas-le-Bauduin, église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption.
https://youtu.be/0IUfsUoFgEc + https://youtu.be/OwTxgePG7E0 -- A Christian sanctuary stood in Avernas at least since the ninth century, but its location is unknown. The county of Avernas existed since 950. The oldest known document mentioning the church of Avernas-le-Bauduin dates from 1124. In that year, Wouter van Trudineis (Wautier de Trognée), of the priory Notre-Dame of Bertrée, donated his properties in Evernas Balduini to the Abbey of Cluny. Its location made the region permanently unsafe: plundering, destruction, and arsonery were commonplace during the middle ages. On May 21, 1276, the people of Liège and Haspengouw burned down Landen, Hannut, and 23 villages in the surrounding countryside. On April 24, 1332, Prince-Bishop Adolf II of the Mark ordered his troops to burn Hannut and nine surrounding villages to ashes. In August 1356, Hannut was captured by Liège armies, and the neighboring villages were destroyed. In 1378, Hannut and the surrounding villages were again pillaged and burned. The current church building dates from the 14th century, but the tower with its octagonal roof is largely still part of the original 11th-century construction. The tower is built of flint and limestone. Its medieval appearance and the thickness of its walls attest that it was originally a fortified structure, closed at its base, probably built in the 11th or 12th century and used as a refuge for the villagers in case of hostilities. The tower had already been restored in the 14th century. In 1465 the village was burned down again by troops from Liège and again years of misery followed for the inhabitants. Avernas initially belonged to the diocese of Liège. In 1559, the parish, along with the dependent chapels of Cras-Avernas and Bertrée, was annexed to the diocese of Namur. For a very long time, the parish was administered by monks from the Abbey of St. Lawrence in Liège. It was not until 1616 that Nicolas Moreau was appointed by the abbot of St. Lawrence as the first secular pastor of Avernas. Rebuilt in 1671: consecration of the church to Our Lady of the Assumption. The church was partially rebuilt under the pastorate of Claude Rochette (1720-1757).
1768: again partial restoration and reconstruction. Baptismal font. https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10028817
Octagonal, limestone, Mosan stoup with four crude heads and the date 1617 inscribed. Probably installed when first secular priest was appointed.
https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10028818 -- Limestone baptismal font from the end of the 17th c."