Saint-Germain-du-Crioult / Crioil / S. Germanus de Criolo
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03071GER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century (?), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Germain de Saint-Germain-du-Crioult
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Church Notes: church 1185; re-built 17thC; practically destroyed in WWII; re-built/restored 1950s
Church Address: Rte de Condé sur Noireau, 14110 Condé-en-Normandie, France
Site Location: Calvados, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 50 km SW of Caen down the D562 to Flers, in the canton, and 5 km W of Condé-sur-Noireau.
Historical Region: Suisse Normande
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the ome from the 12thC church here) -- destroyed font? (was the Renaissance font destroyed in WWII?)
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) as a Renaissance octagonal font. [NB: did it survive the destruction of the church in WWII?]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 675726 5414416
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.8578, -0.6042
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 51′ 28.08″ N, 0° 36′ 15.12″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 775 footnote 5