Benayes / Benagias / Benaias
INFORMATION
FontID: 20930BEN
Church/Chapel: Rglise paroissiale [ancienne prieurale] Saint-Jean et Saint-Maurice
Church Patron Saints: St. John & St. Mauritius
Church Location: 19510 Benayes, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located at the D20-D85 crossroads, about halfway between Tulle (SE) and Limoges (NW)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Century and Period: 10th century (?), Early Romanesque
Church Notes: a church here, "ecclesiam quoe dicitur Benagias", documented 987; same church sold to the monastery at Uzerche in 1025;
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
[NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
45.5208,
1.4717
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
45° 31′ 14.88″ N,
1° 28′ 18.12″ E
UTM: 31T 380643 5041943