Marseille No. 3
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Laurent"
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Marseille - Eglise Saint-Laurent nef"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christophe.Finot, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 6 April 2011 by Christophe.Finot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marseille_-_Eglise_Saint-Laurent_nef.jpg] [accessed 22 December 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25187MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Laurent de Marseille
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: 16 Esp. de la Tourette, 13002 Marseille, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Directions to Site: Located in the 2e arrondissement de Marseille, Panier district, near the Saint-Jean fort
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Marseille
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; expanded and modified 17thC; closed during the Revolution; re-opened 1801 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00081340]: "Eglise et baptistère Saint-Laurent"
Font Notes:
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Plaissy [ref.: PM13000638] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM13000638] [accessed 22 December 2023] lists a baptismal font of the 18th century in this church, located in an aisle chapel, in the northwest corner of the nave; this may be the baptismal font dated to 1748 that appears listed and illustrated in Émilie Roffidal. Histoires sacrées. Mobiliers des églises marseillaises et aixoises au XVIIIe siècle. Publications de l’Université de Provence, pp.313, 2008, 978-2853997003. hal-01557938 [https://hal.science/hal-01557938/document] [accessed 22 December 2023]: ""Fonts-Baptismaux (cl. 19); datation : 1748; matière : marbres polychromes; artiste : Dominique Fossati, marbrier; emplacement d’origine : église Saint-Laurent, emplacement actuel : église de la Mission de France", with references to "AMM, GG 71, f° 78, 82, 86, Livre de la luminaire Saint-Elme", and "B. Feret, 1993, p. 119." Another font, also modern, consists of a metal basin raised on a wooden support, topped with a round font cover. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.29584, 5.363431
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 17′ 45.02″ N, 5° 21′ 48.35″ E
UTM: 31T 691716 4796381