Brignac / Bregnac / Brennac / Brennieg

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view of church exterior - south porch and portal
view of church exterior - south view
INFORMATION
FontID: 20941BRI
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [ancienne prieurale] Saint-Barthélémy
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Church Location: 56430 Brignac, France
Country Name: France
Location: Morbihan, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located off the D134, ESE of Ménéac, 23 km from Ploërmel, W of Rennes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Vannes [formerly in the Diocèse de Saint-Malo]
Historical Region: Pays de Mauron en Brocéliande
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Cognate Fonts: similar to the font at Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron, nearby
Church Notes: church originally a priory dependent of the Abbaye de Paimpont; documented by 13thC; present church 15thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Rosenzweig (1863) reports a 16th-century baptismal font in this church: "Fonts baptismaux à pied polygonal, orné de petits pilastres séparés entre eux par des trilobes." InfoBretagne [http://www.infobretagne.com/brignac.htm] [accessed 8 February 2017] mentions a 16th-century font in this church.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.1214,
-2.3874
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 7′ 17.04″ N,
2° 23′ 14.64″ W
UTM: 30U 545627 5330009
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
Rosenzweig, Louis, Statistique archéologique de l'arrondissement de Ploërmel: Monuments du Moyen-Age (Extrait du Bulletin de la Société Archéologique du Horbihan pour 1869), Vannes: Imp. de J.-M. Galles, 1863