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

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03256PAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century (?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Muneville-le-Bingard
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Patrice de Saint-Patrice-de-Claids [aka Église Saint-Patrice de la Guerrie]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Patrick [aka Pádraig, Padrig, Patricius]
Church Address: Rue de la Fontaine, 50190 Saint-Patrice-de-Claids, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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

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

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, p. 32