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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Penitentiesteen van H. Bavo Alternative Name: Penitence Stone of St BavoCountry: Belgium
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Province: Oost-Vlaanderen Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Gent (Ghent)
Latitude: 51.147000N Longitude: 3.821000E
Condition:
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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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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