Saint-Cyprien / Sent Cibran

Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Cette paroisse porte le nom d’un saint abbé périgourdin, puissant thaumaturge, qui vécut au VIe siècle. Sa fondation, qui doit remonter à cette époque, en fait l’une des plus anciennes du département. Elle fut donnée à l’abbaye de Solignac dont elle releva jusqu’à la Révolution. Sa construction semble dater du XIe siècle. Elle se signale par son portail sculpté et fut, par la suite, pourvue d’un clocher à hourds."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 11 March 2017]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of church exterior in context - west view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paternel 1, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2014 by Paternel 1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Cyprien_(Corrèze)7.JPG] [accessed 11 March 2017]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-4.0,3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 21104CYP
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Cyprien
Church Patron Saints: St. Cyprian of Carthage [aka Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus]
Church Location: 19130 Saint-Cyprien, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located of the D17-D17E2 confluence, WSW of Objat, NW of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Century and Period: 11th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original church here may have been 6thC; present church 11thC (?) [source: Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 11 March 2017]]
[NB: we have no information on the font of the 11th-century church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 370745 5012231