St. Branchs / Saint-Branchs

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04242BRA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Béningne
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted near the S side door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Benignus of Dijon
Church Address: 7 Pl. du 8 Mai 1945, 37320 Saint-Branchs, France -- Tel.: +33 2 47 26 30 15
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D50-D84 crossroads, near Cormery, in the canton de Chambray-lès-Tours, arrondissement de Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- : III D 145) simply as a 13th century holy-water stoup. Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001: v. 1, 307) as a rectangular holy-water stoup of the 13th century wall-mounted near the south door of the church; it is made of a brown-coloured stone and ornamented with three rather caricaturesque heads, one of the right at the corner of the front and right dises, the other two, one on each side, front and right.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 331362 5232774
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.22679, 0.77234
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 13′ 36.44″ N, 0° 46′ 20.42″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III D 145
  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 307