Anneville-sur-Mer

INFORMATION

FontID: 03358ANN

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Samson d'Anneville-sur-Mer

Church Patron Saints: St. Samson [aka Sampson] [bishop of Dol † 565]

Church Location: Rue Louis Antoine de Bougainville, 50560 Gouville-sur-Mer, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D532, 15 km NW of Coutances, just W of Geffosses.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: disappeared

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

Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 18th, 19thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.118513, -1.580623

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 7′ 6.65″ N, 1° 34′ 50.24″ W

UTM: 30U 603569 5441600

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