Etelfay / Estalfay / Estallefay / Estelliefi / Etaifay / Etaillefay / Etalfay / Etelefay / Etelliefay / Stallefay

INFORMATION

FontID: 18152ETE

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: 80500 Etelfay, Somme

Country Name: France

Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: Located on the D135E, 4 km NE of Montdidier, 40 km from Amiens

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens

Historical Region: Pays de Parmentier, Picardie

Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic

Church Notes: the church is chiefly of the 15thC, with a major restoration in the 19thC [www.cc-montdidier.com/communes/index.php?id=33] [accessed 5 August 2012]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Roger et al. (1844) mention the baptistery [="chapelle des Fonts"] of this church in passing in the description of an ancient railing in it. A refernce to the remarkable railing appears also in the 'Description du Canton de Montdidier' by M. l'abbé Godart [reproduced in Association Comité Rotincia [http://rotincia.org/ressources/canton-montdidier/canton-montdidier-2-13.php] [accessed 5 August 2012]: "La grille des fonds baptismaux est d'un travail assez curieux. (Note de Mr Bourgeois, curé d'Ételfay)".

REFERENCES

Joanne, Adolphe Laurent, Itinéraire général de la France: La Normandie, Paris: Libraririe L. Hachette et Cie., 1867