Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly

INFORMATION

FontID: 03311PIE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Rue Elisabeth de Surville, 50810 Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D90-D390 crossroads, S of the D972, 6 km E of Saint-Lô, about 40 km E of Coutances
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (?), Gothic
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: early-12thC church -- the portal of the church is listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00110597]: "12e siècle"
A brief note in Vivier-Seguin (1941): large round basin ornamented with Ogee arches similar to the ones in the font at Ponts-sous-Avranches, although these have been trimmed and, therefore, the basin has been recut, which leads V-S to class it as hybrid. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50010800]: "Fonts baptismaux en pierre calcaire sculptée à motifs d'arcatures (arcs brisés) en bas-relief. [...] 13e siècle [...] H = 71 ; d = 106 [...] Fonts baptismaux apparentés à ceux de Ponts-sous-Avranches (classés : PM50000859)."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.120833, -1.005094
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 7′ 15″ N, 1° 0′ 18.34″ W
UTM: 30U 645555 5442805

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm* / 106 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 71 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Vivier (1941, p. 58) / ** Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-03-27 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941