Arpajon No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07665ARP
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1697?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?)
Cognate Fonts: an identical one on the other side of the entrance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Clément d'Arpajon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church; by a pillar of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clement
Church Address: 11 Grande Rue, 91290 Arpajon, France -- Tel.: +33 1 64 90 01 17
Site Location: Essonne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N20, 18-20 km S of Palaiseau. abut 30 km SSW of Paris city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes
Font Notes:
Described in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 39) as one of two red marble holy-water stoups that were probably donated, with the baptismal font, by M. Louis du Fossé, director of the hydraulic installation "La Samaritaine". [cf. Index entry for Arpajon No. 1 for the baptismal font -- No. 3 for the other stoup in the same church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 444537 5382397
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.5922, 2.24784
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 35′ 31.92″ N, 2° 14′ 52.22″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (red)

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Essonne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, vol. 1: 39