Liguge / Ligugé
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07712LIG
Object Type: Baptismal Font3?
Font Century and Period/Style: 8th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Abbaye Saint-Martin de Ligugé
Font Location in Church: In the crypt of the abbey
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: Benedictine monastery founded 361 AD; -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00105495]: "Une partie du clocher, de la sacristie et du cloître conserve les traces de l'église du 7e siècle ainsi que des éléments des édifices des 5e et 6e siècles."
Church Address: 2 Pl. du Révérend Père Lambert, 86240 Ligugé, France
Site Location: Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D4, 6-7 km S of Poitiers city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Poitiers
Font Notes:
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Described in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne (2002, v. 2: 760) as a piece of sculpture, perhaps of the 8th century, believed to be originally from a baptistery or an ambon; the subject of the piece is a deer grazing on a tree of stylised leaves, a common baptismal symbol [Flohic ref.: 86200627]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 295278 5154942
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.5169, 0.3311
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 31′ 0.84″ N, 0° 19′ 51.96″ E