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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte de Céaux."

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view of font - northwest side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte de Céaux - Fonds [sic] baptismaux." -- showing the openings of the two inner basins

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view of font in context - northwest side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Juliette de Céaux (50). Intérieur. Fonts baptismaux." -- showing the openings of the two inner basins

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03341CEA
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte de Céaux
Church Patron Saints: St. Cyricus [aka Cyriacus, Quiriac, Quiricus, Cyr] and St. Julitta
Church Location: Rue André Parisy, 50220 Céaux, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D113, 5-6 km S of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century (?), Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Saint-Jean-le-Thomas and Champcey
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 15th, 17th, 19thC
Le Héricher (1845) mention a font here: " Les fonts ne se distinguent que par leur énorme masse". Described in Vivier-Seguin (1941) as a plain rectangular granite font with trimmed corners and dated to the 17th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.63164, -1.387772
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 37′ 53.9″ N, 1° 23′ 15.98″ W
UTM: 30U 618788 5387763

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: polygonal (both basins)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

REFERENCES

Le Héricher, Avranchin monumental et historique, Avranches: [s.n.], 1845
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941