Piennes / Piennes-Onvillers

INFORMATION

FontID: 03184PIE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin de Piennes

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin

Church Location: 80500 Piennes-Onvillers, France

Country Name: France

Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D135, 6 km SE of Montdidier, in an area with many fonts listed.

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance

Church Notes: present church 15thC; damaged 1636 by Ottavio Piccolomini's forces who set fire to the chancel; badly damaged in WWI; restored 1920-1933 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00116219]

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed by Enlart (1902) as a Renaissance marble font mounted on a five-support base. The 16th-century baptismal font is mentioned in the French Wikipedia entry for this church [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Saint-Martin_de_Piennes-Onvillers] [accessed 21 March 2025].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.62899, 2.640785

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 37′ 44.36″ N, 2° 38′ 26.83″ E

UTM: 31U 474059 5497443

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

Font Shape: Unknown

Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown