Simorre / Simorra
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 27 July 2014 by Jean-noël Lafargue https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_de_simorre.JPG] [accessed 3 January 2020]
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view of church interior - chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-noël Lafargue, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 27 July 2014 by Jean-noël Lafargue https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_de_simorre_autel.JPG] [accessed 3 January 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: with the modern font and holy-water stoup in the foreground
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph by Georges Estève, in Mémoire [ref.: APMH00085681] [www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH00085681] [accessed 3 January 2020]
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view of church interior - looking northwest
Scene Description: the modern baptismal font and a holy-water stoup are partially visible in the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MOSSOT, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2007 by MOSSOT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simorre_-_Eglise_Notre-Dame_-8.jpg] [accessed 3 January 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22523SIM
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [ancienne abatiale] Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Simorre [aka Saint-Cérase de Simorre]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary [St. Ceratius of Simorra [aka Ceracius / Cérase / Cerasius / Cérats / Cerrats]]
Church Location: place de l'église, 32420 Simorre, France
Country Name: France
Location: Gers, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the D12-D129 crossroads, 32 km S of Auch
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Auch
Historical Region: Haute Astarac / Midi-Pyrénées
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: legend of an original oratory 5th-6thC; abbey documented 817; raided by Saracens and Vikings 8th-9thC; 1141 a village develops around the abbey and its church adopts parochial functions; present church consecrated 1309 but present looks resulted from Violette-le-Duc's 19thC modifications
The present font is modern [NB: we have no information on the fonts of the medieval churches here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.4505,
0.735621
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 27′ 1.8″ N,
0° 44′ 8.24″ E
UTM: 31T 316786 4813335