Baptismal font (Bazouges-la-Pérouse)

Baptismal font in Bazouges-la-Pérouse, the lion as a symbol for the evangelist Mark

The bull symbolizes the evangelist Luke

The baptismal font in the Catholic Church of St-Pierre-St-Paul in Bazouges-la-Pérouse , a French parish in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany region , was created in the 15th century. In 1919, the Gothic baptismal font was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique .

The stone baptismal font is so large that the person to be baptized could be immersed in the basin. The evangelist symbols can be seen as reliefs on the four sides : a person symbolizes Matthew , the lion Mark , the bull Luke and the eagle John .

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , p. 46.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fonts baptismaux in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 32.9 "  N , 1 ° 34 ′ 30.1"  W.