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INFORMATION

FontID: 03744BEU

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Omer

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

Church Location: 10 Rue de l'Église, 62170 Beussent, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 06 80 94

Country Name: France

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

Directions to Site: Located of the D127, near Etaples and Montreuil, 15 km from the coast, 24 km SE of Boulogne-sur-Mer, 75 km from Arras

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras

Historical Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: medieval church replaced 19th-20thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Listed by Enlart (1902) as a former mortar now being used as holy-water stoup in this church. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62000305], also as 12th-century, made of sandstone, without a mention of it being a former mortar.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.554711, 1.804311

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 33′ 16.96″ N, 1° 48′ 15.52″ E

UTM: 31U 415300 5600992

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902