Duisans No. 1
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21325DUI
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Léger
Church Patron Saints: St. Leger [aka Ledger, Léger, Leodegar, Leodegarius]
Church Location: 62161 Duisans, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D55, just S of Etrun, 9 km WNW of Arras
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: L'Artois
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: earlier church raided in 1554 and fortified soon thereafter; destroyed by fire in 1597; re-built in 1600 and 1683;
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font here listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62000588] as 13th-century. The Commune de Duisans site [www.duisans.fr/eglise-saint-leger/] [accessed 15 July 2017] notes that the font was damaged in 1554 during the wars between Louis XI and the Dukes of Burgundy; the font and a composite stoup [cf. Index entry for Duisans No. 2] were restored in 1900.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.2077,
3.1242
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 18′ 30″ N,
2° 41′ 7″ E
UTM: 31U 477481 5572964