Fontenay-sous-Bois / Fontenay-les-Bois / Fontenay-sur-le-Bois

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view of church exterior - northeast view
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the early-19thC cast iron font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18144FON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois
Church Patron Saints: St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Church Location: Place du Général Leclerc / rue de Rosny, Fontenay-sous-Bois
Country Name: France
Location: Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located now in the E suburbs of Paris, about 10 km from the city centre
Century and Period: 13th century, Gothic
Church Notes: original church 13thC; present church mainly 15thC; listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00079874]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The 1840 session of the Comité historique des arts et monuments, published in the Bulletin Archéologique, vol. 1, pt. 1 (1843: 176) notes a baptismal font probably of the 13th century in this church. Palissy [ref.: IM94000065] lists also an early-19th century baptismal font of cast iron in this church [="font batismaux fonte de fer [...] 1ère moitié 19e siècle [...] Base carrée, pied, cuve et couvercle circulaires [...] h = 153 ; d = 113 [...] figures bibliques (Tétramorphe, angelot) ; ornementation (palmettes, feuillage, godron, ove, croix)"]. [NB: we have not been able to corroborate the location of the 13th-century font in this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.8477,
2.4719
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 50′ 51.72″ N,
2° 28′ 18.84″ E
UTM: 31U 461256 5410660