Bouhy
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Pèlerin de Bouhy (Nièvre, France)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © François Goglins, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 27 October 2015 by François Goglins [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bouhy-FR-58-église-b3.jpg] [accessed 30 January 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24584BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint Pèlerin
Church Patron Saints: St. Pèlerin [aka Peregrino] (3rdC)
Church Location: 8 Le For, 58310 Bouhy - France
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D957 [aka rue de la Forterre], 25-30 km NE of Sancerre
Historical Region: Bourgogne
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this news on the Bouhy fonts discovery to our attention
Church Notes: present 16thC [1560?] church replaced a 12thC [ca. 1124?] building on the same site -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112812]
Font Notes:
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Three baptismal fonts of different periods are reported discovered in this church [https://www.lejdc.fr/bouhy-58310/actualites/decouverte-a-leglise-des-fonts-baptismaux-de-trois-epoques_11435067/] [accessed 30 Januay 2023] [NB: no further information at present 23 August 2022]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.48584, 3.165231
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 29′ 9.02″ N, 3° 9′ 54.83″ E