Annecy No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25902ANN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (?), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise [anciennes collégiale] Notre-Dame-de-Liesse d'Annecy
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: mid-14thC church built on the site of an oratory documented in the 11thC; partly destroyed in 1793; re-built between 1846 and 1851 retaining parts of the earlier building
Church Address: Passage Notre Dame, 74000 Annecy, France -- Tel.: +33 4 50 52 37 00
Site Location: Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of the D1201 and the D1509, E of Hwy A41, about 30 km S of Geneva (Switzerland). This church is located just a few blocks N of the cathedral
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Annecy
Additional Comments: disappeared font (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Notre-Dame-de-Liesse_d'Annecy] [accessed 8 November 2025] reports a baptismal font of 1852 in it: "Les fonts baptismaux datent de 1852".

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 277020 5086962
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.900061, 6.125461
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 54′ 0.22″ N, 6° 7′ 31.66″ E