Virey
INFORMATION
FontID: 03330VIR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais de Virey
Church Patron Saints: St. Gervase & St. Protase [aka Gervasius and Protasius, Gervasis and Prothasis]
Church Location: 12 Rue de l'Église, 50600 Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Virey is located off the D185, in the municipality and 3 km NW of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church Notes: 12thC church replaced an earlied chapel; modified 16th, 18th, 19thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Vivier-Seguin (1941) did not verify the status of this font in their 1941 work; they cite Pigeon's mention of a double font at Virey ca. 1887. The entry for this church in Wikimanche [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Saint-Gervais_et_Saint-Protais_(Virey)] [accessed 28 March 2025] reports a double-font made of granite in it: "fonts baptismaux à double cuve en granit". The entry in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virey] [accessed 28 March 2025] reports both a stoup and a font of the 16th century in it: "un bénitier et des fonts baptismaux du XVIe".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.584397,
-1.133316
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 35′ 3.83″ N,
1° 7′ 59.94″ W
UTM: 30U 637663 5382939
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Font Shape: double font
Basin Exterior Shape: double
REFERENCES
Fischer, Ernst, "Enelsk influens på den västgötska skulpturen omkring år 1100", Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, 1918, pp. 97 ff.; r["References"]