Vernix

INFORMATION

FontID: 03385VER
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Louis
Church Patron Saints: St. Louis [originally dedicated to St. Martin]
Church Location: Le Bourg, 50370 Vernix, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D162, S of the D911, 15-16 km ENE of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the graveyard
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: 12thC church
Baptismal font described in Le Héricher (1845) as octagonal, on an octagonal base. This very large basin of a font was found by Vivier-Seguin (1941) damaged ("ébréchée") upside down in the church graveyard; they note that it had been recorded before its present damaged condition by Le Héricher [cf. supra]. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50007654]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Ancienne cuve des fonts baptismaux, de forme octogonale [Granite [...] Moyen Age [...] Objet déposé dans le cimetière."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.715531, -1.224866
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 42′ 55.91″ N, 1° 13′ 29.52″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-04-01 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
Le Héricher, Avranchin monumental et historique, Avranches: [s.n.], 1845
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941