Saint-Sauveur-la-Pommeraye
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03379SAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Sauveur de Saint-Sauveur-la-Pommeraye
Font Location in Church: Now [ca.1941] serving as foot to the village road cross
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 17th, 18thC
Church Address: Rte de la Bougonnière, 50510 Saint-Sauveur-la-Pommeraye, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D375, 18-20 km NW of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: recycled font / recycled cross: the octagonal basin of the old baptismal font, ornamented with a double torus, serves now as base for the cross situated on the road to Lair, about 1 km from the church of St-Sauveur-la-Pommeraye (Vivier, 1941)
Font Notes:
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Vivier-Seguin report that the octagonal basin of the old baptismal font, ornamented with a double torus, serves now as base for the cross situated on the road to Lair, about 1 km from the church of St-Sauveur-la-Pommeraye (Vivier, 1941)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 614079 5411511
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.84608, -1.445076
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 50′ 45.89″ N, 1° 26′ 42.28″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 93