Saussemesnil / Sauxemesnil / Saussemesnil-Ruffosses / Sauxemesnil-Ruffosses
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Scene Description: Souce caption: "Fonts baptismaux de l'église Saint-Grégoire de Saussemesnil" [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ChBougui, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 5 June 2024 by ChBougui [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fonts_baptismaux_de_l'église_Saint-Grégoire_de_Saussemesnil.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2025]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03304SAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Grégoire de Saussemesnil
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gregory the Great
Church Notes: 11th-12thC church; much modified 15th and 18thC
Church Address: Ham. de l'Église, 50700 Saussemesnil, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D24-D146, 8 km N of Valognes, 15 km SE of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: font restored after WWII
Font Notes:
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Vivier-Segui (1941), after Renault, describe it simply as a cylindrical basin supported on five colonnettes, one central and four outer ones. The present font in this church does not appear to match the mentioned sources [cf. ImagesArea]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 611660 5491895
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.56934, -1.45568
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 34′ 9.62″ N, 1° 27′ 20.45″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 55