Paris No. 30 / Lutetia Parisiorum

INFORMATION

FontID: 21221PAR

Church/Chapel: Eglise collégiale Saint-Marcel de Paris [demolished in 1874]

Church Patron Saints: St. Marcel de Paris

Church Location: the disappeared church was located near the present Gobelins-Av. Saint-Marcel corner

Country Name: France

Location: Ville de Paris, Île-de-France

Directions to Site: the demolished church was located near the Gobelins-Av. Saint-Marcel corner

Ecclesiastic Region: [Archidiocèse de Paris]

Historical Region: Saint-Marcel-lez-Paris

Century and Period: 11th century (mid?), Romanesque

Church Notes: original 3rd-5thC chapel dedicated to St. Clement and later oratory; destroyed in the Viking raids of the late-9thC; mid-11thC church became collegial in 1158; closed in the Revolution (1790) and partially destroyed in 1806; last vestiges demolished 1874

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

[NB: we have no information on the font of the mid-11th century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.83681, 2.35273

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 50′ 12.52″ N, 2° 21′ 9.83″ E