Rouy-le-Grand
INFORMATION
FontID: 03160ROU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Étienne de Rouy-le-Grand
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: 15 Grande Rue, 80190 Rouy-le-Grand, France
Country Name: France
Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D930C, on the N bank of the Canal du Nord, 5 km NE of Nesle, 25-30 km N of Noyon
Ecclesiastic Region: Dioces d'Amiens
Historical Region: Picardie
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century (?), Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Cartigny
Church Notes: Romanesque church damaged in WWI; re-built 1925; renovated 2017
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 12th-century square mounted font on a five-column base. A document [lithograph?] entitled "Fonts baptismaux de Rouy-le-Grand" appears in the BAM catalogue [https://bibliotheques.amiens.fr/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/552544/facade-de-l-eglise-de-rouy-le-grand-fonts-baptismaux-de-rouy-le-grand-modillons-de-l-eglise-de-voyen] [accessed 20 March 2025] [no e-access to it]. Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM80001128]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] 13e siècle [...] Pierre". Also listed for this church in Palissy [ref.: PM80001127] is a holy-water stoup of the same period: "Bénitier [...] 13e siècle [...] Pierre [...] formé de deux colonnettes avec leurs chapiteaux."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
49.774913,
2.956026
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
49° 46′ 29.69″ N,
2° 57′ 21.7″ E
UTM: 31U 496834 5513606
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
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
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-03-20 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-03-20 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.