Mortain No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 03333MOR
Church/Chapel: Eglise collégiale Saint-Évroult
Church Patron Saints: St. Ebrulf [aka Ebrulfus, Ebrulphus, Evroul, Evroult]
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located about 40 km E of Avranches.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Date: 1614
Century and Period: 17th century[Vivier-Seguin],
Cognate Fonts: The font in the same church
Church Notes: See also the font in this church and the granite font in the chapel of the Hospice de Mortain.
Ruprich-Robert (1855) mentions a stoup here that may have served as font earlier, and reports that the base is buried in the ground below. Vivier-Seguin (1941) indicate that this stoup, which has the date 1614 inscribed on it, is in the same style as the baptismal font

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.648472, -0.94194
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 38′ 54.5″ N, 0° 56′ 30.98″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: Unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

Ruprich-Robert, V., "Bénitiers et fonts baptismaux du Moyen-âge et de la Renaissance", II (1855), Revue générale de l'architecture et des travaux publics, pp. 289-290, Pl. XXVI; r["References"]
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941