Fosses-la-Ville No. 2 / Fosse-li-Veye
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmon, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 April 2005 by Jean-Pol Grandmont [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fosses-la-Ville_JPG03.jpg] [accessed 29 April 2019]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22120FOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 8th - 10th century, Early Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Chapelle Sainte-Brigide de Fosses-la-Ville
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed]
Church Notes: 8th-10thC wooden monastic chapel; re-built in stone ca. 1000; destroyed 1568; restored 1659
Church Address: rue Sainte-Brigide 43, 5070 Fosses-la-Ville, Belgium
Site Location: Namur, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the N922, off (S) the E42, about halfway between Charleroi and Namur
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Namur
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the onde from the 8th-10thC chapel here)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the original 8th-10th century chapel or the restored later building here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 620817 5584487