Roncey
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03360RON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale
Church Notes: 11th and 13thC church destroyed by bombing in 1944; "nouvelle église Saint-Côme-et-Saint-Damien est construite en pierre de Roncey à la fin des années 1950"
Church Address: 50210 Roncey, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D58-D76 crossroads, 13 km SE of Coutances
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches
Historical Region: Le Coutançais / Le Bocage normand
Font Notes:
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Described in Vivier-Seguin (1941) as an octagonal basin resting on an octagonal base and with a rectangular lower base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 622008 5427718
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.9903, -1.3322
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 59′ 25.08″ N, 1° 19′ 55.92″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 86