Marcey-les-Greves / Marcey-les-Grèves

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03361MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pair de Marcey-les-Grèves, France
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paternus of Avranches [aka Padarn, Padarnus / Pair]
Church Notes: 15th-16thC church
Church Address: 2 Rés le Colombier, 50300 Marcey-les-Grèves, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D31, 4 km NW of Avranches.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
Vivier-Seguin (1941) report that this granite font had been left out in the cemetery, to the south of the church, until the abbé Martin placed it near one of the side doors; the basin is octagonal with tall chamfered plates which rest on the base (one of them has a cross engraved on it; the base has a single torus; the lower base is square. The entry for this church in Wikimanche [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Saint-Pair_(Marcey-les-Grèves)#cite_ref-Caoa_4-0] [accessed 31 March 2025] reports that the 17th-century font is back inside the church: "Les fonts baptismaux en granite bouchardé, datent du 17e siècle; découverts en 1932 devant l'entrée de l'église, ils sont replacés à l'intérieur en 1957"

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 618291 5395076
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.697503, -1.392423
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 41′ 51.01″ N, 1° 23′ 32.72″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
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. 86-87