Duisans No. 1
Image copyright © Devisme.alain, 2010
GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
Results: 1 records
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Devisme.alain, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2010 by Devisme.alain [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duisans_02.jpg] [accessed 15 July 2017]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21325DUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Léger
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leger [aka Ledger, Léger, Leodegar, Leodegarius]
Church Notes: earlier church raided in 1554 and fortified soon thereafter; destroyed by fire in 1597; re-built in 1600 and 1683;
Church Address: 62161 Duisans, France
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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
Font Notes:
Click to view
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
UTM: 31U 477481 5572964
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.2077, 3.1242
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 18′ 30″ N, 2° 41′ 7″ E
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.