Bourges No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03592BOU
Object Type: Baptistery?
Font Century and Period/Style: Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Baptistery [disappeared]
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the cathedral complex] Place Etienne Dolet, 18000 Bourges, France
Site Location: Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Bourges is located off the N151, about 120 km SE of Orléans
Font Notes:
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According to Corblet (1881-1882, v. 2, p. 60), the acts of St-Ursin, first bishop of Bourges, attribute to him the consecration of a baptistery where he placed the relics of the deacon St-Étienne, and where he baptised St-Léocade and his young child St-Ladre.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 454412 5214445
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.081944, 2.399444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 4′ 55″ N, 2° 23′ 58″ 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