Saint-Samson-de-Bonfosse / Saint-Samson-de-Bonfossé / St-Samson-de-Bonfossé
INFORMATION
FontID: 03387SAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Samson de Saint-Samson-de-Bonfossé
Church Patron Saints: St. Samson [aka Sampson] [bishop of Dol † 565]
Church Location: Rue de la Libération, 50750 Bourgvallées, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D999-D53 crossroads, 6-7 km SSW of Saint-Lô, about 25 km E of Coutances
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: In the presbitery yard (ca. 1941)
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Font Notes:
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Reported by Vivier-Seguin (1941) to be located in the presbitery yard of the parish church.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.0487, -1.128267
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 2′ 55.32″ N, 1° 7′ 41.76″ W
UTM: 30U 636766 5434557
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: Unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
REFERENCES
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941