Souille / Souillé

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05889SOU
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin de Souillé [not in the church, though originally from it]
Font Location in Church: Outdoors, in the Place de l'église
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Address: Place de l'église, 72380 Souillé, France
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C6, E of the D338, 12-`13 km N of Le Mans
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese du Mans
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des comunes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 1: 126) as a rather irregular and plain octagonal mounted stoup; it is made of a grey granite from Alençon, and may have served as baptismal font originally. At an unknown time in the past it was taken out of the church and left outside, in the Place de l'église, where it now [i.e., ca. 2001] stands.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 290348 5333315
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.118544, 0.182905
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 7′ 6.76″ N, 0° 10′ 58.46″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, grey (granite from Alençon)
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des comunes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 1: 126)

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1: 126