Nummi in Turku / Nummis [disappeared?]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 21369NUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1351?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (mid?), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Pyhän Katariinan kirkko / S:ta Katarina kyrka
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Notes: present church consecrated 22 January 1351 by bishops Hemming and Thomas of Växjö (Sweden); destroyed and reconstructed -- NB: the dedcication to St. Catherine appears to be very recent, and perhaps the result of this church being in the Kaarina district, whence it got the name 'Kaarinan kirkko', which may have led to the later dedication
Church Address: Kirkkotie 46, 20540 Turku, Finland -- Tel.: +358 40 3417130
Site Location: Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland, Finland, Europe
Directions to Site: Nummi is now a NE suburb of Turku, S of the Aurajoki and the Nummenranta Park, in the 'Nummenpakka', formerly a separate municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Turku
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-14thC church here)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the mid-14th century church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 571143 6703588
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 60.462222, 22.293611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 60° 27′ 44″ N, 22° 17′ 37″ E