Lorcy
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lorcy (Saint-Hubert) (Belgique), l'église Saint-Martin (1877-1878) / Lorcy (Saint-Hubert) (België), de Sint-Martinuskerk (1877-1878) / Lorci (Bèljike), l’èglîje Sint-Maurtin (1877-1878)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pol Grandmont, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 12 April 2007 by Jean-Pol Grandmont [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lorcy_E1aJPG.jpg] [accessed 11 April 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25424LOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin de Lorcy [originally ecclesia Sancti Martini de Wahelis]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Rte d'Arville 20, Lorcy, 6870 Saint-Hubert, Belgium -- Tel.: +3261611085
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Lorcy is a hamlet located off (N) the N808A, W of the N803, 2 km W of Saint-Hubert
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Namur
Historical Region: Ardenne belge
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 8th - 12th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this church to our attention and for his help in documenting its font
Church Notes: original chapel/church perhaps a pre-700 royal domain; small chapel-of-ease dedicated to St Martin documented in a 1129 papal bull; re-built several times;
Font Notes:
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The presence of a baptismal font in this church and the rights of baptism are confirmed in Matthys & Hossey (1971); they confirm that a royal Merovingian chapel existed here; that it later became a rural chapel-of-ease mentioned in a bull by pope Honorius II in 1129; that it exercised several parochial functions, including receiving the tithe, the dispensation of sacraments, "en particulier le <> - ce qui est prouvé par la présence de fonts baptismaux et d' un cimetière"; that in 1722 these rights were confirmed by making the chapel a "bénéfice écclésiastique au profit d'un vicaire", only to be demolished and re-built closer to the centre of the hamlet in 1754; this new church was in turn demolished and a new one built, again on a new site but just a few meters appart; this latter church was restored in 1968. [NB: we have no further information on the medieval font or its whereabouts].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.027883, 5.3550341
UTM: 31U 668128 5544514
REFERENCES
Matthys, A., "L'EGLISE DISPARUE DE SAINT-MARTIN A LORCY (ARVILLE)", 130 (1971), Archaeologia Belgica, 1971, pp. [1]-42; ARBE130-001.pdf [accessed 10 April 2024]