Andres No. 2 / Anderne

INFORMATION

FontID: 21316AND

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

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

Church Patron Saints: St. Medard [aka Medardus]

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

Country Name: France

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

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

Date: ca. 1080?

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

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

Font Notes: Click to view

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

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.8618, 1.9491

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