Roma No. 7 / Vaticano

INFORMATION

FontID: 02290ANA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Santa Anastasia (now disappeared)
Church Patron Saints: St. Anastasia
Country Name: Italy
Location: Roma, Lazio
Directions to Site: there is a Chiesa di Santa Anastasia just N of the Circus Maximus site, at the foot of the Palatine Hill.
Century and Period: 5th century, Early Christian
Font Notes:
A faint reference to the inscription found in the font that once existed in Rome in a church near the Circus Maximus. The church was apparently dedicated to St. Anastasia, martyr (d. ca. 304) (Elorriaga, 1998, p.520). [NB: needs further investigation to ascertain existence, etc.]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: type unknown
Font Shape: Unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: A third-hand source has a supposed Spanish translation of the original inscription. Needs further investigation.
Inscription Location: Unknown
Inscription Source: Elorriaga (1998, p.520)

REFERENCES

Elorriaga, Carlos, Bautismo y catecumenado en la tradición patrística y litúrgica: una selección de textos, Baracaldo: Grafite Ediciones, 1998