Roma No. 6 / Vaticano

FontID: 02552ROM

Object Type: Baptistery

Church/Chapel: San Paolo fuori le Mura

Church Patron Saints: St. Paul

Church Location: Piazzale San Paolo, 1a, 00146 Roma RM, Italy -- Tel.: +39 06 6988 0800

Country Name: Italy

Location: Roma, Lazio

Directions to Site: San Paolo fuori le Mura is in the Osriense area of Rome, to the S of the city centre, in Via Ostiense 186

Church Notes: Opens 6-7 pm

Font Notes: Click to view

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.8587, 12.4767

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 51′ 31.32″ N, 12° 28′ 36.12″ E

UTM: 33T 290557 4637167

Material: type unknown

Font Shape: Unknown

Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Location: Unknown

Inscription Text: "HAEC DOMUS EST FIDEI, MENTES UBI SUMMA POTESTAS LIBERAT, ET SANCTO PURGATAS FONTE TUETUR"

Inscription Source: Favreau (1985, p. 139)

Favreau, Robert, "Inscription des fonts baptismaux d'Hildesheim", 38, 2, Cahiers de civilisation medievale, 1985, pp. 115-140; p. 139 for the inscription