Biron / Biron in Érezée / Biron-lez-Durbuy / Biron-sous-Soy
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26341OKP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise paroissiale Saint Pierre aux liens
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter ad vincula
Church Address: 6997 Érezée, Belgium
Site Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N86, in the municiplaity and 9 km NW of Érezée
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Namur
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in eglise.be [https://www.egliseinfo.be/lieu/69/biron/saint-pierre-aux-liens] [accessed 23 April 2026] reports a baptismal font of the 17th century in it: "fonts baptismaux en calcaire (XVIIe s.)". The entry for this church in the Dutch Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biron_(Érezée)] [accessed 23 April 2026] notes: "La chapelle Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens a été construite en brique et pierre de taille au sommet d'une butte rocheuse en 1874 sur les ruines d'une précédente chapelle du XVIe siècle. On y trouve, entre autres, un confessionnal en bois datant de l'an 1700 environ et des fonts baptismaux en pierre calcaire du XVIIe siècle."
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 15 March 2026) informs: "Biron, église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens. The church is listed in KIK-IRPA
https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10023732 -- Biron-sous-Soy, Biron-lez-Durbuy. Numerous remains from the Gallic, Roman, and Frankish periods. The village had a castle belonging to a lordship dependent on the court of Barvaux-sur-Ourthe. The Biron cemetery served as common burial ground for several rather distant villages, and Biron had a priest until the French Revolution. The church tower is Romanesque and seems to predate the documented history of the village. 1605: The chapel of Biron depended on the parish of Melreux. In the 17th century, the inhabitants of Biron undertook the construction of a (new ?) chapel. They built it on the summit of a rocky hill sloping steeply to the south. This building has undergone numerous transformations over the centuries. In 1874, the church was rebuilt in the Neoclassical style on the ruins of the previous chapel.
Baptismal register starts in 1688. 17th century, limestone baptismal font mentioned in literature. No image, not in KIK-IRPA"
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 15 March 2026) informs: "Biron, église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens. The church is listed in KIK-IRPA
https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10023732 -- Biron-sous-Soy, Biron-lez-Durbuy. Numerous remains from the Gallic, Roman, and Frankish periods. The village had a castle belonging to a lordship dependent on the court of Barvaux-sur-Ourthe. The Biron cemetery served as common burial ground for several rather distant villages, and Biron had a priest until the French Revolution. The church tower is Romanesque and seems to predate the documented history of the village. 1605: The chapel of Biron depended on the parish of Melreux. In the 17th century, the inhabitants of Biron undertook the construction of a (new ?) chapel. They built it on the summit of a rocky hill sloping steeply to the south. This building has undergone numerous transformations over the centuries. In 1874, the church was rebuilt in the Neoclassical style on the ruins of the previous chapel.
Baptismal register starts in 1688. 17th century, limestone baptismal font mentioned in literature. No image, not in KIK-IRPA"
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.309756, 5.482359
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 18′ 35.12″ N, 5° 28′ 56.49″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone