Saint-Pierre-de-l'Orouer / Saint-Pierre-du-Lorouër
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03075PIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre à Saint-Pierre-du-Lorouër
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 11th-12thC church; modified and expanded 15th/16thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00109954]
Church Address: Rue de la Veuve, 72150 Saint-Pierre-du-Lorouër, France -- Tel.: +33 2 43 44 83 11
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D63-D304 crossroads, 35-40 km Se of Le Mans
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese du Mans
Font Notes:
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LIsted by Enlart (1902) as a Renaissance octagonal font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 314535 5297725
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.806142, 0.52292
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 48′ 22.11″ N, 0° 31′ 22.51″ E
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