Belle / Belle-et-Houllefort
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03733BEL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Gallo-Roman
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Omer-et-Michel de Belle-et-Houllefort
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Omer [aka Audomar, Audomarus, Odemaars] & St. Michael
Church Address: Belle-et-Houllefort, France
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Belle-et-Houllefort is located off the D252, N of the N42, about 10 km E of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Belle was merged with Houllefort betwen 1790 and 1794
Additional Comments: recycled stoup / altar stoup / altar font: Enlart identifies it as a former Roman altar later made into a stoup
Font Notes:
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Enlart (1902, p. 784 footnote 3) lists it as a holy-water stoup made from a former Roman altar.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 412254 5622290
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.745752, 1.756282
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 44′ 44.71″ N, 1° 45′ 22.61″ E
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, p. 784 footnote 3