Saint-Patrice-de-Claids / St-Patrice-de-Claids

INFORMATION

FontID: 03256PAT
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Patrice de Saint-Patrice-de-Claids [aka Eglise Saint-Patrice de la Guerrie]
Church Patron Saints: St. Patrick [aka Pádraig, Padrig, Patricius]
Church Location: Rue de la Fontaine, 50190 Saint-Patrice-de-Claids, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D197, about 5 km N of Periers, 25 km N of Coutances.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et d’Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century (?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Muneville-le-Bingard
Based on Renault description Vivier-Seguin (1941) compare it to the font at Muneville-le-Bingard: shallow square basin adorned with nooks carved to resemble a Romanesque arcade (and added saw-tooth motif); the base a massive central column with colonnettes at the corners. V-S report that Renault dates it to the 11th century. The entry for this church in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Patrice-de-Claids] [accessed 23 March 2025] reports "des fonts baptismaux du XIIe".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.2308, -1.4358
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 13′ 50.88″ N, 1° 26′ 8.88″ W
UTM: 30U 613878 5454291

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941