Hocquigny
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03362HOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre d'Hocquigny
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: church 16th, 17th and 18thC
Church Address: Vge Duval, 50320 Hocquigny, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D35-D231 crossroads, 12-14 km N of Avranches in a area with many fonts listed in the Index.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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17th-century baptismal font noted in Vivier (1941).
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 616814 5407918
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.81326, -1.40884
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 48′ 47.74″ N, 1° 24′ 31.82″ 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. 87