Belle / Belle-et-Houllefort

INFORMATION

FontID: 03733BEL

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Omer-et-Michel de Belle-et-Houllefort

Church Patron Saints: St. Omer [aka Audomar, Audomarus, Odemaars] & St. Michael

Church Location: Belle-et-Houllefort, France

Country Name: France

Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

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

Century and Period: , Gallo-Roman

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Enlart (1902, p. 784 footnote 3) lists it as a holy-water stoup made from a former Roman altar.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.745752, 1.756282

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 44′ 44.71″ N, 1° 45′ 22.61″ E

UTM: 31U 412254 5622290

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