Chateauponsac No. 4 / Castro-Ponssat / Castrum Potentiacum / Châteauponsac / Chastel Ponçac / Château Lorraine / Potentaco / Potentiacum
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20646CHA
Church/Chapel: Eglis Saint-Thyrse
Church Location: Place Saint Thyrse, 87290 Châteauponsac, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D711, between Saint-Sornin-Leulac (N) and Saint-Pardoux (S), in the arr. of Bellac
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Limoges
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]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
46.131278,
1.274139
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
46° 7′ 52.6″ N,
1° 16′ 26.9″ E
UTM: 31T 366680 5110081