Freligne / Fréligné

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph in Mairie de Touvois [https://www.touvois.fr/son-patrimoine-religieux/] [accessed 7 November 2023]

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in illustrated in Framboise à Pornic [http://framboise-pornic.eklablog.com/chapelle-de-freligne-touvois-44-a176525904?] [accessed 7 November 2023]

Copyright Instructions: Permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 November 2023)

INFORMATION

FontID: 25040FRE

Church/Chapel: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de Fréligné à Touvois

Church Location: Fréligné, 44650 Touvois, France

Country Name: France

Location: Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D65, N of the D754, between Touvois (NE) and Falleron (S), about 18 km ENE of Challans

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nantes

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: n.d.

Century and Period: 16th century[basin only],

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

Church Notes: 12thC bulding (ca.1185?); re-built after the Revolution in 1821 -- the Val-de-Morière priory was destroyed in 1792

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The baptismal font in this church is mentioned in the corresponding page of the Office de Tourisme Sud Retz Atlantique [https://www.sudretzatlantique-tourisme.fr/decouvrir-2/une-histoire-a-raconter/heritages-du-passe/la-chapelle-de-freligne-et-la-fontaine-bouillonnante-touvois/] [accessed 7 November 2023]. Ouest-France [https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/touvois-44650/touvois-freligne-un-lieu-de-culte-a-decouvrir-dbcf5432-1e11-11ed-899c-a698be79237d] [accessed 7 November 2023] specifies that the octagonal font, located to the right of the entranceway, is made of granite and was originally from "l’ancien prieuré du Val-de-Morière". The church and the font are illustrated in Framboise à Pornic [http://framboise-pornic.eklablog.com/chapelle-de-freligne-touvois-44-a176525904?] [accessed 7 November 2023]. The entry in the Mairie de Touvois [https://www.touvois.fr/son-patrimoine-religieux/] [accessed 7 November 2023] also states that the font was originally from Val de Morière ["un baptistère octogonal en granit provenant de l’ancien prieuré du Val de Morière"]. [NB: this double font, despite its crudeness of design and execution, probably dates no earlier than the 16th century]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.891015, -1.705098

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 53' 27.7" N, 1° 42' 18.4" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: double basins 1) round - 2) hexagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: double basins - large) octagonal - small) hexagonal