Reims No. 1 / Durocortorum Remorum / Rheims
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03533REI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Cathédrale Notre-Dame
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Pl. du Cardinal Luçon / 10 Rue Robert de Coucy, 51100 Reims, France
Site Location: Marne, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the historic centre of Reims
Font Notes:
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Corblet (1881-1882) informs that until the time of the French Revolution there was a font with a four-shaft support, which was purported to have been the one in which Clovis, the Merovingian king, was baptised in 496 A.D. Corblet adds, however, that the information left about it proves that "il était loin de remonter à une date si reculée" (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 131).
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 575246 5456191
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.25386, 4.03403
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 15′ 13.9″ N, 4° 2′ 2.51″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 131