Chalons-sur-Marne No. 2 / Châlons-sur-Marne / Chalons-en-Champagne [disappeared]

INFORMATION

FontID: 03593CHA
Object Type: Baptistery?
Church/Chapel: [baptistery; disappeared]
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the cathedral] Pl. Saint-Etienne, 51000 Châlons-en-Champagne, France
Country Name: France
Location: Marne, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Chalons-sur-Marne or, Chalons-en-Champagne, as it is better known today, lies about 45 kms. SE of Reims on the A4 or the N44, on the banks of the Marne river.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Châlons
Century and Period: Early Christian
Font Notes:
According to Corblet (1881-1882), the acts of Saint-Memmie, first bishop of Châlons, tell how he built a baptistery near St-Pierre-au-Mont; this baptistery remained for a long time the only church in town. A chapel was built on that site in the 16th century.)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.955278, 4.357778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 57′ 19″ N, 4° 21′ 28″ E
UTM: 31U 599399 5423373

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

REFERENCES

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