Epire / Épiré
INFORMATION
FontID: 03732EPI
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [ancienne] Saint-Aubin
Church Patron Saints: St. Albinus of Angers [aka Aubin]
Church Location: 6 Rue Thierry Sandre, 49170 Savennières, France
Country Name: France
Location: Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D111, on the left bank of the Loire rives, between Savennières and Bouchemaine, SW of Angers
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: Gallo-Roman
Church Notes: 11th-12thC church; replaced 19thC by new church; the old one re-purposed as a cellar of the Domaine viticole du Château d’Epiré
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902, p. 784 footnote 3) as being a stoup made from from a former Roman base. This stoup may have been moved to the new church.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.39800, -0.63433
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
REFERENCES
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902