Saint-Omer No. 4 / Sithiu

INFORMATION

Font ID: 21268OME
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1042?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century (mid?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Aldegonde à Saint-Omer [disappeared]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Aldegund [aka Aldegonde, Adelgunde. Adelgundis, Aldegonde, Aldegundis]
Church Notes: original church ca. 1042, dependant of the chapter of the abbaye Saint-Bertin, in Saint-Omer
Church Address: disappeared church was located near Place Victor-Hugo, 62500 Saint-Omer - France
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-11thC church here)
Font Notes:
[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]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 447232 5622118