Roma No. 7 / Vaticano
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02290ANA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Santa Anastasia (now disappeared)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anastasia
Site Location: Roma, Lazio, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: there is a Chiesa di Santa Anastasia just N of the Circus Maximus site, at the foot of the Palatine Hill.
Font Notes:
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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 Location: Unknown
Inscription Notes: A third-hand source has a supposed Spanish translation of the original inscription. Needs further investigation.
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, p. 520 for the inscription