Congis-sur-Therouanne / Congis-sur-Thérouanne

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04328CON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Remi de Congis-sur-Thérouanne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00086900]: "Choeur : 13e siècle ; Eglise : 13e siècle, 17e siècle"
Church Address: 1 Rue du Montier, 77440 Congis-sur-Thérouanne, France
Site Location: Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D121E, 4 km SW of Lizy-sur-Ourcq, 17,5 km NW of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, NE of Meaux and about 70 km E of Paris
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Meaux
Historical Region: Le Pays de l'Ourcq
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a 14th-century octagonal holy-water stoup ornamented with foliage like a capital. The object is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM77002611] as a 16th-century baptismal font, not a stoup: "Fonts baptismaux en pierre épousant la forme d'un chapiteau. Couvercle en bois [...] 16e siècle", with a corresponding illustration in Mémoire [ref.: AP77W02959], a 1975 B&W photograph.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 498118 5428045
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.0053, 2.97427
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 0′ 19.08″ N, 2° 58′ 27.37″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, flat and plain; appears modern

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV D 56
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.