Bangor / Bangor in Belle-Ile-en-Mer
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04519BAN
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: former baptismal font
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Bangor
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the centre aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Notes: 11thC church replaced a 7thC Benedictine priory; re-built 19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00008249]: "1er quart 16e siècle ; 2e quart 17e siècle (détruit) ; 2e quart 18e siècle (détruit) ; 3e quart 19e siècle"
Church Address: Rue Claude Monet, 56360 Bangor, France
Site Location: Morbihan, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D25-D190 crossroads, on the Belle-Ile-en-Mer, towards the centre-south part of the island
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Vannes
Additional Comments: recycled font: former baptismal font now used as holy-water stoup
Font Notes:
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Described in the Inventaire général... (1978) as a former baptismal font now used as holy-water stoup; the octagonal basin is reported in very poor state of repair. [NB: the other stoup, on the west wall is dated 1808, as is the baptismal font itself which makes a pair with the late stoup - neither of them is listed in this Index]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 485754 5240165
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.3148, -3.1885
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 18′ 53.28″ N, 3° 11′ 18.6″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Basin Total Height: 40 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1978)
REFERENCES
- Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Bretagne, Morbihan: canton Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1978, p. 32