Marlhes
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07547MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Église Paroissiale de Saint-Saturnin de Marlhes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturninus of Toulouse [aka Saturnin, Sernin, Sirnin]
Church Notes: present church late-19thC replaced an earlier one that had bee closed by the Revolution [no details available at this time]
Church Address: 1 Rue de l'Abreuvoir, 42660 Marlhes, France
Site Location: Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D501, 30 km S of St-Étienne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Etienne
Additional Comments: famous person: Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat, founder of the Frères maristes [Marist brothers] was baptised in it on May 21, 1789 [he had been born in the hamlet of Rosey, in the commune of Marlhes, on May 20, 1789]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font [source: www.maristas-bet.es]. Illustrated in a photograph 2 August 2021 by FredSeiller [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_de_Marlhes_(baptistère).jpg] [accessed 17 May 2025]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 609423 5015347
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.2831, 4.39523
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 16′ 59.16″ N, 4° 23′ 42.83″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round