Lyon No. 1 / Liyon / Lugdunum

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Apostle or saint - Apostles - 12

Scene Description: a/p Florus, in Corblet.

Apostle or saint - St. John the Baptist

Scene Description: a/p Florus, in Corblet.

Christ

Scene Description: a/p Florus, in Corblet.

New Testament - Apocalypse

Scene Description: a/p Florus, in Corblet, "les quatre animaux de l'Apocalypse".

information

Scene Description: posted near the old baptistery site

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

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Scene Description: posted near the old baptistery site

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

information

Scene Description: posted near the old baptistery site

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

information

Scene Description: posted near the old baptistery site

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

information

Scene Description: on the museum inside the cathedral

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

symbol - the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain)

Scene Description: a/p Florus, in Corblet

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - plan

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

Image Source: digital image created 20 December 2008 by JMaxR [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Complexe_episcopal_merovingien_lyon.svg] [accessed 7 December 2011]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west façade

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: view from the Fourvière hill

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: view from the Fourvière hill

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

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

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - west view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of church interior - window

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the modern font inside the cathedral

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of object

Scene Description: one of the objects displayed in the cathedral museum

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of object

Scene Description: one of the objects displayed in the cathedral museum

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

view of object

Scene Description: one of the objects displayed in the cathedral museum

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2014 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03618LYO

Church/Chapel: Baptistère de Saint-Jean [disappeared] annexed to the cathedral / Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste-et-Saint-Étienne / Eglise Sainte-Croix

Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen &/or Holy Cross

Church Location: Place Saint-Jean, 69005 Lyon, France -- Tel.: +33 4 78 42 11 04

Country Name: France

Location: Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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 Location in Church: the present location is the archaeological site on rue Mandelot

Century and Period: 4th - 6th century, Early Christian

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.7607, 4.8273

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 45′ 38.52″ N, 4° 49′ 38.28″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone and brick

Font Shape: octagonal (sunken piscina)

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

Lyon, primatiale des Gaules: la grâce d'une cathédrale, Strasbourg: La Nuée Bleue, 2011

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

Ferguson, Everett, Baptism in the Early Church: history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2009