Nannay

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10141NAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Aignan de Nannay
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave, N side [reported in 1685]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Aignan [aka Agnan, Aignan of Orleans, Anianus]
Church Notes: present church a 19thC re-building of an earlier one, probably 12thC with later modifications
Church Address: 58350 Nannay, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N151, 25-30 km N of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Le Nivernais
Font Notes:
A record of the visitation by André Colbert, Bishop of Auxerre, on Sunday 24 August 1685, by Monsigneur Gourret, informs that a baptismal font was noted at the entrance, towards the end of the nave, on the north side ["du costé de l'evangile"]; the source remarks that the upper rim is new and acceptable, and that there is a wooden cover furnished with an iron bar and a padlock; the inside contains a tin basin and salve, as well as a little tin vessel that is used to pour the holy water over the head of the infant. [source: http://perso.club-internet.fr/cendrono/colmery_1685.htm]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 514453 5234255
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.261615, 3.191042
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 15′ 41.81″ N, 3° 11′ 27.75″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone