Curey
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03388CUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Curey
Font Location in Church: In the presbitery yard (ca. 1941)
Church Patron Saint(s): Saint-Martin
Church Address: Rue de la Lande Curey, Curey, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D312, S of the N175, 4-5 km ENE of Pontorson
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: recycled font: found in 1941 in the churchyard
Font Notes:
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The only information available so far is a mention by Vivier-Seguin (1941) that this font is located in the presbitery yard of the parish church. The entry for this church in Wikimanche [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Saint-Martin_de_Curey_(Pontorson)] [accessed 1 April 2025] reports: "un bénitier et des fonts baptismaux datant du 16e siècle". Les Archives du Calvados [https://archives.calvados.fr/ark:/52329/gzrfdpn3jvqh] [accessed 1 April 2025] lists a 1984 photograph by Jean Fontaine of the font in this church [not viewable on line].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 613204 5379796
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.561034, -1.465697
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 33′ 39.72″ N, 1° 27′ 56.51″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 95