Cleden-Poher / Cléden-Poher

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04513CLE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissile Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Font Location in Church: W portal, wall-mounted
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00004976]: "Portes nord et sud de la nef fin 15e ou début 16e siècle ; campagne principale 16e siècle ; entre 1689 et 1694 reprise du chevet, remaniement du choeur liturgique, construction de la charpente, et des deux sacristies ; en 1907 reconstruction du clocher".
Church Address: 29270 Cléden-Poher, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D217 and N164, 10 km S of Carhaix-Plouguer, in the canton de Carhaix-Plouguer, arrondissement de Châteaulin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1969) as a wall-mounted holy-water stoup; the polygonal basin is ornamented with foliage motif.
The octagonal baptismal font of stone, illustrated in a 21 June 2011 photograph by Henri Moreau [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cléden-Poher_23A_église_Baptistère.jpg] [accessed 30 April 2025] appears to be modern with the exception of the short stem of the base, which may be of an earlier period.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 450277 5342686
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.235439, -3.669616
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 14′ 7.58″ N, 3° 40′ 10.62″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: polygonal, wall mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

REFERENCES

  • Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Bretagne, Finistère: canton Carhaix-Plouguer (2 vols.), Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1969, p. 38