Dompierre-sur-Yon

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05585DOM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: [In the presbitery garden - originally from the ancienne église]
Font Location in Church: [in the presbitery garden]
Church Notes: The small church from which this stoup originated has been replaced by a large one of ca. 1881
Church Address: Rue du Vieux Bourg, 85170 Dompierre-sur-Yon, France -- Tel.: +33 2 51 07 59 08
Site Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the canton des Essarts, 8-9 km N of La Roche-sur-Yon, about 60 km S of Nantes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Luçon
Additional Comments: recycled stou: unearthed by the priest to be placed in the presbitery garden (?)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 215) as a holy-water stoup unearthed by M. le curé A. Carreau in 1980 and later placed in the presbitery garden. This stoup is of a popular design of stoups of this period: octagonal basin with octagonal chamfered underbowl ending in a round moulding, and raised on a plain octagonal pedestal.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 623359 5177260
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.7375, -1.385278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 44′ 15″ N, 1° 23′ 7″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vendée, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 215