Groffliers
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03186GRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Groffliers
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 14thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00108295]: "12e siècle ; 13e siècle ; 14e siècle"
Church Address: Chem. des Cordiers, 62600 Groffliers, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 09 01 03
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Groffliers is located off the D940, 14 km S of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, 20 km SW of Montreuil.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) as a late (?) font mounted on a five-support base. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62001813]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Grès [...] 4e quart 16e siècle".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 402040 5582074
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.382558, 1.622136
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 22′ 57.21″ N, 1° 37′ 19.69″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 777 footnote 6
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.