Besancon / Besançon
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03591DOU
Object Type: Baptistery
Font Century and Period/Style: 3rd century (?), Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Baptistery [disappeared]
Church Address: [NB: directions & coordinates given for the cathedral] 10 Rue de la Convention, 25000 Besançon, France
Site Location: Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: only vestiges of the ancienne église Saint-Jean-Baptiste that replaced the baptistery remain in the cathedral complx
Font Notes:
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Corblet informs that in the 3rd century the saint bishop Lin built a baptistery in a house given to him by the military tribune Onnasius. This building, enlarged by the bishop St-Maximien, became later, under the advocation of St. John the Baptist, the first parish church in town. (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 60)
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 275245 5235431
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.233864, 6.030613
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 14′ 1.91″ N, 6° 1′ 50.21″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: unknown
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 60