Penhars
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04582PEN
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: altar, Gallo-Roman
Font Century and Period/Style: Gallo-Roman
Cognate Fonts: Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) gives the stoup at Gouesnac'h as cognate
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Claire de Penhars
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Claire of Assissi
Church Notes: late-19thC church
Church Address: 46 Rue Paul Borrossi, 29000 Quimper, France -- Tel.: +33 2 98 55 21 21
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D100, just W of Quimper
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Additional Comments: recycled stoup / altar font / altar stoup: formerly a Gallo-Roman altar for incense burning
Font Notes:
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Described in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a cognate of the stoup at Gouesnac'h [i.e., granit holy-water stoup, formerly a Gallo-Roman altar for incense burning; it has a square upper volume mounted on a square pedestal]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.989012, -4.130359
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 59′ 20.44″ N, 4° 7′ 49.29″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 1, p. 485