Romans-sur-Isere No. 2 / Romans-sur-Isère / Rumans d'Isèra

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18916ROM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Église Apostolique Arménienne Saint-Nicolas

Font Location in Church: [disappeared font]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra

Church Notes: original building a 12thC chapel serving the "bateliers"; modified 13thC; damaged in the Wars of Religion, sold after the Revolution, turned into an Armenian Orthodox church in 1988; re-consecrated recently

Church Address: 6 Pl. Saint-Nicolas, 26100 Romans-sur-Isère, France -- Tel.: : +33 7 62 82 62 25

Site Location: Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the D2532N, on the N bank of the Isère river, 20 km NE of Valence

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Valence

Historical Region: Pays de Romans -- Dauphiné

Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 13thC church here)

Font Notes: Click to view

Both font and stoup in the present church are modern [source: photo essay in Romans Historiwue [www.romanshistorique.fr/romans-sur-isere-eglise-saint-nicolas-en-photos] [accessed 27 December 2013]. [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church here]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 661850 4989696

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.04223, 5.05505

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 2′ 32.03″ N, 5° 3′ 18.18″ E