Sainte-Cecile nr. Roche-sur-Yon / Sainte-Cécile / Ste-Cécile en Vendée

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05586CEC
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Presbytère Saint Louis
Font Location in Church: [in the presbitery]
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the former Commanderie de Launay - now in the presbitery
Church Notes: A church, dedicated to St. Cecilia, is recorded in this town since 1093 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA85000030]
Church Address: 37 rue Boileau, 85110 La Roche sur Yon, France
Site Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the D39-D47-D48 confluence, in the canton des Essarts, arrondissement de la Roche-sur-Yon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Luçon
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: originally a stoup at the Commanderie, later probably used at a farm or garden; now in the presbitery as an ornament
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 237) as the holy-water stoup from the chapel of the former Commanderie de Aulnay; the Commanderie was burned down durin the Revolution; the stoup is the only object left of the old chapel. The stoup is tub-shaped, hemispheric, without a base. [NB: the basin shows a drain hole on one side, towards the middle; this is probably an indication of its later use in a farm or garden rather than related to its original drainage].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 644088 5178477
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 1° 6′ 49.32″ W, -1.1137
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 44′ 39.48″ N, 1° 6′ 49.32″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: Side drainage system
Drainage Notes: [probably not an original drain]

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vendée, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 237