Saint-Omer No. 4 / Sithiu

INFORMATION

FontID: 21268OME

Church/Chapel: Eglise Sainte-Aldegonde [disappeared]

Church Patron Saints: St. Aldegund [aka Aldegonde, Adelgunde. Adelgundis, Aldegonde, Aldegundis]

Church Location: disappeared church was located near Place Victor-Hugo, 62500 Saint-Omer - France

Country Name: France

Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D298, 70 km NW of Lille -- the disappeared church was located on the site of the BNP-Paribas bank, near Place Victor-Hugo and the present late-18thC fountain

Date: ca. 1042?

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

Church Notes: original church ca. 1042, dependant of the chapter of the abbaye Saint-Bertin, in Saint-Omer

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[NB: the 18th-century font from the disappeared church here is now in the church of Notre-Dame, also in Saint-Omer -- we have no information on the font of the original mid-11th century church here]