Nissan-lez-Enserune / Nissan-lès-Ensérune
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FontID: 19098NIS
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Saturnin
Church Patron Saints: St. Saturninus
Country Name: France
Location: Hérault, Occitanie
Directions to Site: near the departmental border with Aude
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Béziers
Historical Region: La Domitienne -- Pays d'Ensérune -- Languedoc
Century and Period: 11th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: originally a priory church subject to the Benedictine Abbaye de Psalmody that had been founded in the 7thC. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA34000668]: " L'église Saint-Saturnin est mentionnée pour la première fois dans une bulle du pape Urbain II en 1099. Elle appartenait à l'abbaye bénédictine de Psalmodi. L'église fut reconstruite dans la 1ère moitié du 14e siècle. La chapelle sud de la dernière travée fut construite en 1643 et le clocher, élevé au nord de la dernière travée de la nef fut construit au 17e siècle".
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The present red-and-grey marble font is modern, 18th-19th century. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM34001049]. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 11th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.292037,
3.127227
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 17′ 31.33″ N,
3° 7′ 38.02″ E