Anneville-sur-Mer
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03358ANN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Samson d'Anneville-sur-Mer
Font Location in Church: disappeared
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Samson [aka Sampson] [bishop of Dol † 565]
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 18th, 19thC
Church Address: Rue Louis Antoine de Bougainville, 50560 Gouville-sur-Mer, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D532, 15 km NW of Coutances, just W of Geffosses.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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Reported as missing in Vivier-Seguin (ca. 1941), they give Renault's description: square basin has a plain shield on each side and rests on an octagonal base. V-S report no other fonts found with multiple shields/coats of arms (Vivier, 1941)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 603569 5441600
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.118513, -1.580623
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 7′ 6.65″ N, 1° 34′ 50.24″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 85