Amazy
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03537AMA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Franchy d'Amazy
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Franchy [7thC Nevers]
Church Notes: 16thC church built on a earlier building -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112790]
Church Address: 3 Place de l'Eglise, 58190 Amazy, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D34, about 10 km SSE of Clamecy, 50+ km S of Auxerre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Bourgogne
Font Notes:
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Listed by Corblet (1881-1882) simply as 16th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 543649 5247151
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.376363, 3.578206
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 22′ 34.91″ N, 3° 34′ 41.54″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 131