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<< Our Photo Pages >> Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo - Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Belgium in Oost-Vlaanderen

Submitted by Alta-Falisa on Monday, 22 April 2019  Page Views: 1576

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo Alternative Name: Penitence Stone of St Bavo
Country: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 22.232 km away from the location you searched for.

Province: Oost-Vlaanderen Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Gent (Ghent)
Latitude: 51.147000N  Longitude: 3.821000E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo
Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo submitted by Alta-Falisa : For details, please see text of the page. April 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)
in Oost-Vlaanderen Penitence Stone used by St Bavo as a pillow whilst he was living as a hermit in Mendonk.
Otherwise considered as a remnant of a former megalith, now disappeared without trace (Source : W. & H. Brou, Les mégalithes de Gaule Belgique, 1988, 218)
Displayed at the foot of an altar (the first on the right when entering the nave) in the parochial church of Mendonk.
The stone bears the (ca. 18th century) inscription : Ste Bavones Penitentiesteen.



St Bavo (ca. 589-659) is very famous in Flanders -- as an exemple, the Cathedral of Ghent, where the famous 15th-century polyptych altarpiece by the Brothers van Eyck is to be seen, is dedicated to St-Bavo.

While leaving the church, look at the nicely preserved pillory just across the road, from the years 1770's.
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Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo
Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo submitted by Alta-Falisa : Description of the stone (in Dutch). APR.2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo
Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo submitted by Alta-Falisa : Complete view of the altar. Apr.2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo by Alta-Falisa on Tuesday, 23 April 2019
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To be compared with the "Coussin de Saint Mort" : https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=36019
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Re: Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo by Alta-Falisa on Tuesday, 23 April 2019
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Please file it under the heading "Early Christian Sculptured Stone", and map it.
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