Faouet in Lanvollon No. 1 / Ar Faoued / Faouët / Fauet / Faüet / Favoet / Le Faouet / Le Faouët
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view of church exterior - west end - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church exterior in context
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18357FAO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2013-02-17
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Hervé de Faouët
Font Location in Church: [disappeared?]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Hervé [aka Hoarnec, Hoarvian, Houarneau, Houarné, Houarneau, Houarniaule, Huaruoé, Hyvarnion, Mahouarn] [d. ca. 569] [feast day 17 June]
Church Notes: built in 1887 to replace an earlier church; a parish here is documented by 1442 [source: www.infobretagne.com/faouet.htm [accessed 7 March 2013]]
Church Address: 3 Rue du Goélo, 22290 Le Faouët, France
Site Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D77, about 12 km SE of Lanvollon, 14-15 km SSW of Paimpol
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier
Additional Comments: disappeared font (the one from the earlier church here) -- church closed at the time of our visit; unable to get access to the interior
Font Notes:
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The present church and most of its furnishings date from 1887 [NB: we have no information on the font of the earlier church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 494664 5392320