Savigny-le-Vieux / Saviniacum

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the parish church

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view of church exterior in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03322SAV
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 50640 Savigny-le-Vieux, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D134-D334 crossroads, 6 km N of Landivy, 8 km S of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, 9 km NE of Louvigné-du-Désert, SE of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Historical Region: L'Avranchin, Basse-Normandie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: Romagny No.1, near Mortain, and Moulines, nearby
Described by Vivier-Seguin (1941) as one of three double fonts of similar dating and manufacture (cf. Moulines font for general characteristics); this font has a pair of very squat columns at the base. [NB: the nearby abbey founded in 1112-1113 by Raoul de Fougères and his wife Amicia for Vital de Mortain, listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00110611], now in ruins, would have had a church and a font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.520989, -1.049391
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 31′ 15.56″ N, 1° 2′ 57.81″ W
UTM: 30U 644032 5376046

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: double font
Basin Exterior Shape: double

REFERENCES

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