Gronard

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INFORMATION
FontID: 20578GRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Théodulphe [aka Eglise Saint-Thious]
Church Patron Saints: St. Theodulph [aka Theodul, Théodule, Théodulphe, Thiou, Thious]
Church Location: place de l'Eglise, 02140 Gronard, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located 6 km S of Vervins, 37 km NE of Laon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Historical Region: La Thiérache, Picardie
Church Notes: original 12thC (?) church; present church chiefly 16th-17thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115691]
Font Notes:
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Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM02001424]: "Fonts baptismaux [calcaire] constitués d'une base, d'un large pied central cylindrique cantonné de 4 petits futs aujourd'hui disparus, et d'une cuve. L'ensemble est en pierre bleue dite pierre de Tournai [...] ornement à forme architecturale (chapiteau, base) [...] 12e siècle".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.7925, 3.8834
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 47′ 33″ N, 3° 53′ 0.24″ E
UTM: 31U 563582 5515935
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 81 x 81 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM02001424]