Saussey
INFORMATION
FontID: 03384SAU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin [Saint-Martin et Saint-Claude?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin
Church Location: 1 La Gauderie, 50200 Saussey, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Saussey is located off the D299E1, 5 km S of Coutances.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Church Notes: 13thC church; much modified 18th, 19thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Vivier-Seguin (1941) describe this font as having a rectangular granite basin with some fluting motif ornamentation; the limestone base is square. The entry for this church in the commune site [https://www.saussey.fr/leglise/ ] [accessed 1 April 2025] reports: "une cuve baptismale carrée en granit du 17ème siècle dans la chapelle de la Sainte vierge". The entry in Wikimanche [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Saint-Martin_(Saussey)] [accessed 1 April 2025] reports: "les fonts baptismaux en calcaire et granite, du 17e s."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
49.009257,
-1.432938
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
49° 0′ 33.32″ N,
1° 25′ 58.58″ W
UTM: 30U 614596 5429668
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite (basin) and limestone (base) (Vivier-S.)
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
REFERENCES
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941