Lerigneux / Lérigneux / Lerignacum / Lérignieu / Lerineu
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view of church exterior - west façade
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22358LER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jacques le Majeur
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Location: place de l'Eglise, Le Bourg, 42600 Lérigneux, France
Country Name: France
Location: Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D44, 10 km W of Montbrisson, 35 km NW of Firminy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lyon
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic? / Renaissance?
Church Notes: present church 16thC; modified early-19thC -- there may have been an earlier church here
Font Notes:
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The present font is described in La Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [https://patrimoine.auvergnerhonealpes.fr/dossier/presentation-du-mobilier-de-l-eglise-saint-jacques/3d70ce8d-1af6-4a51-a4cc-5356f3b7e003#presentation-1] [accessed 23 September 2019]: "Les fonts baptismaux, en bois usé de vétusté, ont été réédifiés en avril 1911, en marbre blanc. Ce marbre provient de l´ancienne église de Planfoy et a été donné par M. le curé Bredoux à son ami M. Furet curé de Lérigneux. Transport du marbre et réédification des fonts par M. Chouzeville de Montbrison : 60 F, argent provenant de dons de particuliers." [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the original font of the 16th-century church here -- it is not clear whther the wooden font referred to above was the original from the 16th-century church or not].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.6008, 3.965
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 36′ 2.88″ N, 3° 57′ 54″ E
UTM: 31T 575258 5050148