Lyon No. 1 / Liyon / Lugdunum
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Scene Description: in the foreground the remaining arch from one of the two disappeared churches; in the background is the north side of the cathedral of Saint-Jean
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Scene Description: includes the two two disappeared churches near the north side of the present cathedral of Saint-Jean, where the early-Christian baptistery is located
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03618LYO
Object Type: Baptistery
Date Visited: 2014-08-22
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th - 6th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Baptistère de Saint-Jean [disappeared] annexed to the cathedral / Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste-et-Saint-Étienne / Église Sainte-Croix
Font Location in Church: the present location is the archaeological site on rue Mandelot
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen &/or Holy Cross
Church Address: Place Saint-Jean, 69005 Lyon, France -- Tel.: +33 4 78 42 11 04
Site Location: Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: The baptistery is said to have been the base of the 10th century church which later became the Cathédrale St-Jean. The site is called "Jardin archéologique Saint-Jean", on rue Mandelot [Métro: Vieux Lyon]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lyon
Font Notes:
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According to Corblet (1881-1882) there was a baptistery annexed to the cathédrale de St-Étienne. He states that, "d'aprés le temoignage de Florus", the baptistery was decorated with sculptures of the twelve Apostles, St. John the Baptist, Christ, and of "les quatre animaux de l'Apocalypse et les quatre fleuves personifiés du Paradis." It was later enlarged on the 10th century and became the "église primatiale" retaining the dedication to St. John. (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 66). [NB: the baptismal font/tank itself can still be seen in the archaeological park]. Noted in Ferguson (2009) with some measurements. A reconstruction of the baptistery and an illustration of the font, as found in the excavations of 1970 are shown in Lyon (2011). The present font inside the cathedral is modern.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.7607, 4.8273
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 45′ 38.52″ N, 4° 49′ 38.28″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone and brick
Font Shape: sunken font, octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 366 cm*
Basin Depth: 86 / 47 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in Ferguson (2009) -- the two depths correspond to the earlier and the later phases]
REFERENCES
- Les premiers monuments chrétiens de la France, Paris: A. Picard ; Ministère ce la culture et de la francophonie, Direction du patrimoine, Sous-direction de l'archéologue, 1995-1998, vol. 1: p. 283-290
- Lyon, primatiale des Gaules: la grâce d'une cathédrale, Strasbourg: La Nuée Bleue, 2011, p. 30
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 66
- Ferguson, Everett, Baptism in the Early Church: history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2009, p. 843