Lapenty / Apentiz / Lapentils

INFORMATION

FontID: 03316LAP

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Ouen de Lapenty

Church Patron Saints: St. Owen [aka Audoen, Audoenus, Audoin, Dado, Ouen]

Church Location: Le Bourg, 50600 Lapenty, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Lapenty is located off the D84-D174 crossroads, 35-40 km NE Fougères, 6-7 km E of St-Hilaire-du-Harcouët.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Century and Period: 16th century[Vivier-Seguin], Renaissance

Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font

Church Notes: medieval church re-built 16thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described by Vivier-Seguin (1941) as a Renaissance font with two attached polygonal basins ornamented with mouldings and an inscription in Gothic lettering now [ca. 1941] too weathered to be decyphered; the rectangular base has trimmed angles and moulding ornamentation. The entry for this church in Wikimanche [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Saint-Ouen_(Lapenty)] [accessed 28 March 2025] reports "un bénitier et des fonts baptismaux du 16e siècle"

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.578535, -1.007277

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 34′ 42.73″ N, 1° 0′ 26.2″ W

UTM: 30U 646975 5382522

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)

Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)(double font)

Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (double)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: Reported illegible already ca. 1941

Inscription Location: on the basin side

Inscription Text: [illegible]

Inscription Source: Vivier-Seguin

REFERENCES

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