Saint-Vigor-le-Grand No. 2 / Saint-Sulpice / Saint-Sulpice de Saint-Vigor-le-Grand / Vigeur
Image copyright © Pimprenel, 2012
CC-BY-SA-3.0
Results: 1 records
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pimprenel, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 September 2012 by Pimprenel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Vigor-Le-Grand,_église_Saint-Sulpice,_façade_sud.JPg] [accessed 19 January 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 21601VIG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Sulpice de Saint-Vigor-le-Grand [aka Saint-Supli]
Church Patron Saints: St. Sulpicius [aka Sulpitius]
Church Location: rue de la Chapelle, 14400 Saint-Vigor-le-Grand, France
Country Name: France
Location: Calvados, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D153 [aka rue de Coigny], just NE of Saint-Vigor-le-Grand and Bayeux
Historical Region: Le Bessin, Basse-Normandie
Century and Period: 11th century (late?), Romanesque
Church Notes: late-11thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA14000049]: "Par son plan, cette église présente une analogie avec toute une famille d'églises rurales du Bessin [...] 4e quart 11e siècle ; 13e siècle ; 17e siècle".
Font Notes:
Click to view
[NB: we have no information on the font of the original 11th-century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.295, -0.6681
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 17′ 42″ N, 0° 40′ 5″ W
UTM: 30U 669545 5462867