Tredrez-Locquemeau / Trédrez-Locquémeau / Tredraezh-Lokemo

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09522TRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (?) / 16th century(?), Gothic / Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Quémeau à Locquémeau [aka Chapelle de Locquémeau]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Kémo [aka Kemmeu?, Kemo, Quemeau, Quémeau] [feast day 13 May]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00089682]: "Edifice sans doute du 16e siècle [...] Le clocher ne paraît pas antérieur au 17e siècle.
Church Address: Rue Saint-Quemeau, 22300 Trédrez-Locquémeau, France
Site Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D88, in the canton de Plestin-les-Grèves, about 8 km W of Lannion
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier
Historical Region: formerly Côtes-du-Nord
Additional Comments: recycled font: brought in from an earlier or other church
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of the 14th century made of granite [NB: unless the dating is off the mark, since the church was built in the 16th century this font must have come from an earlier church in this or another site] [source: 'Patrimoine de Trédrez-Locquémeau' [http://frey-roger.ifrance.com/frey-roger/tredrez-locquemeau...] Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM22002619]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Cuve hexagonale sur pied, ornée de mascarons sur chaque face [...] granite [...] Mascaron [...] 16e siècle".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 458524 5396899
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.723739, -3.56395
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 43′ 25.46″ N, 3° 33′ 50.22″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.