Bellonne No. 1 / Balona / Belona / Belonne

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"1534" [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: "1534" [cf. FontNotes]

view of church exterior - northeast view

Source caption: "Ballone église St Martin" -- the 20thC church that replaced an earlier building of the 16thC
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ballone église St Martin" -- the 20thC church that replaced an earlier building of the 16thC
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bastien.pierre, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 6 July 2013 by Bastien.pierre [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:013_Bellonne_(_62490_).JPG] [accessed 10 March 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 03038BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise catholique Saint-Martin à Bellonne Phone: +33 3 21 15 41 72
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin
Church Location: 4 Pl. de la Mairie, 62490 Bellonne, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 15 41 72
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D44, 5 km SSE of Brebières, 10 km SSW of Douai, 25 km E of Arras
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1534
Century and Period: 16th century
Church Notes: present church is 20thC
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of octagonal fonts ornamented with mouldings. The entry for this church in the Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux [https://recensement.patrimoine-religieux.fr/eglises_edifices/62-Pas-de-Calais/62106-Bellonne/185625-EgliseSaint-Martin] [accessed 10 March 2025] reports: "Eglise moderne [...] construite de 1532 à 1546 avec les grès du village. Les fonts baptismaux datent de 1534, le bénitier et une colonne cylindrique placée à l'entrée du cimetière datent de 1546. Elle est détruite en 1710, lors de la Guerre de Succession d'Espagne."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.3032, 3.04262
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 18′ 11.52″ N, 3° 2′ 33.43″ E
UTM: 31U 503035 5572344

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "1534"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

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