Bourges No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 03592BOU
Object Type: Baptistery?
Church/Chapel: Baptistery [disappeared]
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the cathedral complex] Place Etienne Dolet, 18000 Bourges, France
Country Name: France
Location: Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Bourges is located off the N151, about 120 km SE of Orléans
Century and Period: Early Christian
Font Notes:
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.081944, 2.399444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 4′ 55″ N, 2° 23′ 58″ E
UTM: 31T 454412 5214445

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: unknown

REFERENCES

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