Gap

INFORMATION

FontID: 03609GAP

Church/Chapel: Baptistery [disappeared]

Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the cathedral complex] Pl. Saint-Arnoux, 05000 Gap, France

Country Name: France

Location: Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Directions to Site: Located about 100 km S of Grenoble, W of the Lac de Serre-Ponçon

Font Location in Church: Near the église de St-Jean, opposite the cathedral

Century and Period: , Early Christian

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Corblet reports that, during the works around the église de St-Jean, opposite the cathedral, the foundations of a round baptistery were found. (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 63)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.558056, 6.078056

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 33′ 29″ N, 6° 4′ 41″ E

UTM: 32T 267941 4938011

REFERENCES

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