Roche-Canillac / La Roche-Canillac / La Ròcha Canilhac

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view of church exterior - corbel

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view of church exterior - corbel

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21065ROC
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Maur
Church Location: 19320 La Roche-Canillac, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D29, SE of Tulle, W of Mauriac
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: present church 14thC, but earlier church here in the 'vicairie' established on the castle chapel [Collection de documents inédits sur l'histoire de France, Volume 83, Issue 4: 254], later (?) a priory church dependent of the abbey at Tulle -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099835]: "Un prieuré de Saint-Maur, dont le titulaire était nommé par l'évêque ou le chapitre de Tulle, existait à la Roche-Canillac. L'église avait sa cure à la collation de l'évêque de Limoges."
[NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.195972, 1.971228
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 11′ 45.5″ N, 1° 58′ 16.42″ E