Andres No. 2 / Anderne

INFORMATION

Font ID: 21316AND

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Date: ca. 1080?

Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century (late?), Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Église de l'Abbaye de Saint-Médard d'Andres [disappeared]

Font Location in Church: [disappeared]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Medard [aka Medardus]

Church Notes: church of a Benedictine abbey dependant on the abbaye Saint-Sauveur de Charroux, in Poitou; founded ca.1080 by Baldwin I, count of Guînes

Church Address: the disappeared abbey was located off (N) the D248, near the confluence of route des Attaques and rue de la Rivierette

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

Directions to Site: Located off the D248, just S of Les Attaques and E of Guînes, 30 km NE of Boulogne-s-Mer

Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocèse de Térouane]

Historical Region: Pays d'Opale

Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the late-11thC Benedictine abbey church here destroyed in 1544)

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: we have no information on the font of the ca.1080 abbey church here]

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.8618, 1.9491

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 52′ 5″ N, 1° 55′ 18″ E