Saint-Coulitz / Sant-Kouled) / St-Coulitz

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09559COU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1678
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Coulitz (Saint-Coulitz)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Coulitz [aka Conleth, Couleth, Couletz, Konlez, Kouled, Kouli, Koulith] [feast day 10 December]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.:IA00005250]: "Eglise 16e siècle ; remaniée en 1655 et 1754"
Church Address: 29150 Saint-Coulitz, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the D770, 3 km ESE of Chateulin, about 20 km N of Quimper
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et de Léon
Font Notes:
Baptismal font dated 1678 [by an inscription in the balustrade] [source: http://villedechateaulin.free.fr]. The entry for this church in Patrimoine BZH [https://patrimoine.bzh/gertrude-diffusion/dossier/IM29001701] [accessed 9 August 2025] lists and illustrates the baptismal font, its enclosure and baldaquin: "fonts baptismaux, clôture des fonts baptismaux, baldaquin des fonts baptismaux. Clôture de plan rectangulaire avec avancée courbe de chaque côté ; aux 4 coins elle porte les colonnes torses du baldaquin ; cuve baptismale ovale. Marbre (en 2 éléments : pied et cuve) rose à veines bleues [...] Inscription sur la balustrade : M I DOVCINOR I CARO R 1678 [...] oeuvre restaurée: Plusieurs balustres et les corniches des piédestaux sont modernes ; vermoulures."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 421042 5337991
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.19024, -4.062401
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 11′ 24.86″ N, 4° 3′ 44.65″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: oval

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the encloure, not the font
Inscription Text: [1678]?
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no
Notes: low-dome shape with finial