Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron No. 2 / Sant-Brieg-Maoron
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20943BRI
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Brieuc
Church Patron Saints: St. Brieuc [aka Breock, Breoke, Briavel, Brieg, Brioc, Briog, Briuc, Tyfrïog, Tyvriog]
Church Location: 56430 Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron
Country Name: France
Location: Morbihan, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located at the D2-D134-D303 crossroads, just W of Mauron, E of Rennes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Vannes [formerly in the Diocèse de Saint-Malo]
Historical Region: Pays de Mauron en Brocéliande
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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S. Ropartz' Pèlerinage archéologique au tombeau de Sainte Onenne (Revue de Bretagne, de Vendée & d'Anjou, tome X, 1861: 202 fn2) mentions a Romanesque holy-water stoup in the south porch of this church decorated with three crudely-rendered human faces: "Au porche méridional, on trouve un bénitier roman, orné de trois faces humaines grossièrement ébauchées. [NB: we have not been able to locate any current source of information on this object or its whereabouts].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 547531 5326534