Loges-sur-Brecey / Les Loges-sur-Brécey

INFORMATION

FontID: 03326LOG

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Loges-sur-Brécey

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: Le Bourg, 50370 Les Loges-sur-Brécey, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D239E, E of the D999, 5-6 km N of Brécey, 20 km NE of Avranches

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance

Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 16th, 18thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The only description available goes back to Le Héricher, ca. 1845, which Vivier-Seguin (1941) quote: two basins, one round, the other square. V-S say they did not verify their existence for inclusion in the 1941 listing.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.765381, -1.175314

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 45′ 55.37″ N, 1° 10′ 31.13″ W

UTM: 30U 634085 5402981

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: double font

Basin Exterior Shape: round (one) and square (the other)

REFERENCES

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