Chateauponsac No. 4 / Castro-Ponssat / Castrum Potentiacum / Châteauponsac / Chastel Ponçac / Château Lorraine / Potentaco / Potentiacum
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20646CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise Saint-Thyrse
Church Patron Saint(s): Saint-Thyrse
Church Notes: church dedicated to St-Thyrse built ca. 1042 by Benedictine monks of the abbaye de Déols, near Châteauroux, below the church/chapel of St. Peter; fortified early-15thC and replaced Saint-Martin's as intra-muros parish church, while Saint-Pierre's became the extra-muros church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00100280]
Church Address: Place Saint Thyrse, 87290 Châteauponsac, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 76 31 55
Site Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D44, E of the D711, between Saint-Sornin-Leulac (N) and Saint-Pardoux (S), in the arr. of Bellac
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Limoges
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 366680 5110081
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.131278, 1.274139
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 7′ 52.6″ N, 1° 16′ 26.9″ E