Dienne / Dienné
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07715DIE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Hilaire de Dienné
Font Location in Church: At the entrance to the church, on the right-hand side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Hilary of Poitiers
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the abbaye de La Décombrie
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00044988]
Church Address: 3 Rte de Verrières, 86410 Dienné, France
Site Location: Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D31-D146 crossroads, about 25 km SE of Poitiers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Poitiers
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: originally from a nearby abbey; moved to the parish church
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne (2002, v. 2: 1028] as a plain bucket-shaped holy-water stoup, believed to be originally from the abbaye de La Décombrie [Flohic ref. no.: 86270202]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 311668 5146052
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.44175, 0.548158
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 26′ 30.3″ N, 0° 32′ 53.37″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, vol. 2: 1028