Roma No. 6 / Vaticano
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02552ROM
Object Type: Baptistery
Church / Chapel Name: San Paolo fuori le Mura
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Church Notes: Opens 6-7 pm
Church Address: Piazzale San Paolo, 1a, 00146 Roma RM, Italy -- Tel.: +39 06 6988 0800
Site Location: Roma, Lazio, Italy, Europe
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
Font Notes:
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Inscription (Favreau, 1985, p. 139)
COORDINATES
UTM: 33T 290557 4637167
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.8587, 12.4767
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 51′ 31.32″ N, 12° 28′ 36.12″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
INSCRIPTION
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)
REFERENCES
- Favreau, Robert, "Inscription des fonts baptismaux d'Hildesheim", 38, 2, Cahiers de civilisation medievale, 1985, pp. 115-140; p. 139 for the inscription