Saint-Ursin / St-Ursin
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09552URS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Ursin à Saint-Ursin
Font Location in Church: [destroyed]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ursinus of Bourges [aka Ursin] [3rd/4thC bishop of Bourges] [feast day 9 November]
Church Notes: chiefly 18thC re-building of an 11th-12thC church -- famous for its yew tree ["arbre millénaire"]
Church Address: 19 Rue de L’If Millénaire, 50320 Saint-Jean-des-Champs, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D309, in the municipality of Saint-Jean-des-Champs, 2-13 km ESE of Granville, about 20 km N of Avranches
Additional Comments: destroyed font? roof collapsed and destroyed (?) the font in 1715? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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"The vault of the nave collapsed in 1715 and destroyed the baptismal font" [source: http://membres.lycos.fr/saintursin] [broken link] . However, the entry for this church in Wikimanche [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Saint-Ursin_(Saint-Jean-des-Champs)] [accessed 9 August 2025] reports an ocatagonal font made of granite in the 14th century: "Les fonts baptismaux en granit sont de forme octogonale et datent du 14e siècle."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 614534 5406467
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.800641, -1.440295
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 48′ 2.31″ N, 1° 26′ 25.06″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal