Romanesque Font - Orcival, France

walwyn Sat, 02/23/2013 - 11:21
01/1140 to 12/1160
Sun, 08/30/2009 - 13:23 - Font. Basilica of Our Lady of Orcival, Auvegne, France. This C12 Romanesque church is built upon an earlier C6 church known as 'The Virgin's Tomb' which was situated on the site of a sacred spring used by a Pagan Celtic Cult. The spring was incorporated into the Baptismal Font in effect Christianising the earlier pagan worship.
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This 12th century font is in the Basilica of Our Lady of Orcival, Auvegne, France. The basilica was built on the site of a 6th century church, which itself was built on top of a spring that was part of a local Celtic cult. The font incorporates the spring and is thus a Christianisation of the earlier pagan worship on the site.

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