Breugnon / Breugnone

INFORMATION

FontID: 03541BRE

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de Notre Dame

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: 58460 Breugnon, France

Country Name: France

Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Directions to Site: Located off the N51, 19 km S of Clamecy, 67 km NNE of Nevers

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave

Century and Period: 16th century,

Church Notes: 13thC church; re-built 16thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Listed by Corblet (1881-1882) simply as being a 16th century font. Noted in La Sauvegarde de l’Art Français [https://www.sauvegardeartfrancais.fr/projets/breugnon-eglise-notre-dame/] [accessed 7 April 2025]: "remarquables fonts baptismaux du XVIème s. à l’entrée de la nef."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.428198, 3.452087

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 25′ 41.51″ N, 3° 27′ 7.51″ E

UTM: 31T 534095 5252849

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

REFERENCES

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882