Sommereux / Domus Templi de Somoreus / Sommerues

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04348SOM
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Aubin
Church Patron Saints: St. Aubin [aka Albinus of Angers]
Church Location: 60210 Sommereux, France
Country Name: France
Location: Oise, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located about 30 km NNW of Beauvais, the same distance from Amiens, near the departmental boundary with Somme
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis
Historical Region: La Picardie verte
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early Gothic
Church Notes: originally the chapel of a ca.1150 commanderie of the Knights Templar, later transfered to the Knights Hospitaler; modified 13th, 14th, 17thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00114914]
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a 13th century stone baptismal font. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM60001583]: "Cuve octogonale creusée d'une cuvette hémisphérique. Pied octogonal [...] peint [...] Couvercle en bois [...] 13e siècle". The entry for this church in Eglises de l'Oise [www.eglisesdeloise.com/monument/sommereux-eglise-saint-aubin/] [accessed 1 July 2017] reports "fonts baptismaux sans décor, du 13ème siècle" in it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.6806, 1.9927
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 40′ 50.16″ N, 1° 59′ 33.72″ E
UTM: 31U 427333 5503606

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-