Auxerre

INFORMATION

FontID: 03589AUX

Object Type: Baptistery

Church/Chapel: Baptistère de St-Jean, near the cathedral of St-Étienne

Church Patron Saints: St. John?

Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the cathedral] Pl. Saint-Étienne, 89000 Auxerre, France

Country Name: France

Location: Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Directions to Site: The baptistery was part of the cathedral complex

Century and Period: 9th century, Early Christian / Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Corblet informs that in the 9th century the baptistery of St-Jean was rebuilt near the cathedral of St-Étienne by "le V. Héribald, évêque d'Auxerre [...] et en fit la dédicace un 23 décembre." (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 59)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.7979, 3.5729

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 47′ 52.44″ N, 3° 34′ 22.44″ E

UTM: 31T 542902 5293997

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: unknown

REFERENCES

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882