Fresnoy / Fresnoy-en-Chaussée?

INFORMATION

FontID: 02992FRE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de l'Assomption de la Ste Vierge
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for Fresnoy-en-Chaussée] 80110 Fresnoy-en-Chaussée, Somme, France
Country Name: France
Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Enlart gives "Fresnoy (Somme)" but there are four Fresnoys in Somme, plus others in nearby Aisne. Fresnoy-en-Chaussée is located off the D28E, about halfway between Amiens (NW) and Roye (SE)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Le Santerre, Picardie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century (?), Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Guimiliau, Azy, etc.
Enlart (1902) lists a Renaissance font mounted on a five-column base at Fresnoy, but there are four Fresnoys in Somme. Richesses en Somme [https://www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-eglises-suite/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-bapt-du-14e-au-18e/] [accessed 8 March 2025] lists a font in Fresnoy-en-Chaussée that does not quite match Enlart's description: "Les Fonts Baptismaux en marbre blanc, de la Renaissance, sont du 16e siècle . La cuve ronde est portée sur un seul pied orné de sculptures, de fleurons, fleurs de lis etc...]. That font is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM80000673] but it is monopedicular, as shown in Mémoire [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA080_20248000415] [accessed 8 March 2025]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.7733, 2.5867
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 46′ 23.88″ N, 2° 35′ 12.12″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902