Mortagne-sur-Sevre / Mortagne-sur-Sèvre

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05588MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Hilaire de Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Hilary of Poitiers
Church Notes: The previous church was demolished and a new one built in 1904. An original chapel and, later, a Romanesque church existed on the same site; of the latter, only the choir has survived; the baptismal font is believed to be from the former.
Church Address: Pl. de l'Église de Saint-Hilaire. 85290 Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, France
Site Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D149-D160T crossroads, 55 km from La Roche-sur-Yon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Luçon
Additional Comments: recycled font: originally from the first chapel on the site, it now stands in the new church
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 575) as a monolithic granite baptismal font of the 13th century; it is roughly octagonal, rather bucket-shaped; the upper basin side is ornamented with four very worn angel heads at 90-degree angles. It is believed to have been in the original Romanesque chapel that existed before the first parish church (ibid.)

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 655538 5206328
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.9922, -0.9544
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 59′ 31.92″ N, 0° 57′ 15.84″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 70 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 575)

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vendée, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 575