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