Folligny
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03306FOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Folligny
Font Location in Church: disappeared
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: present church 17th-19thC church may have replaced an earlier [Romanesque?] building
Church Address: 50320 Folligny, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 18 km NW of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Vivier-Seguin mention that a vague reference to this disappeared font is made in Le Héricher describing it as being of the style of the period (Gothic) and having four colonnettes in the base with bases and capitals (Vivier, 1941)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 616614 5409024
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.823245, -1.411242
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 49′ 23.68″ N, 1° 24′ 40.47″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 55