Lyon No. 3 / Liyon / Lugdunum

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03620LYO
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Object Details: sarcophagus
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Nizier
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nizier of Lyon
Church Notes: The church itself is mostly 12th and 15th century Gothic, but it is said to occupy "the site of a 2C oratory built by St. Porthin, who was martyred at the same time as St. Blandine." (France: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, 1985, p. 357)
Church Address: 1 rue Saint-Nizier at rue du Président, 69002 Lyon, France -- Tel.: +33 4 72 41 18 05
Site Location: Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: The church of St-Nizier is located on rue du Président, one block away from the Musée des Beaux-Arts (in the Presqu'ile, 2e arriondiss.).
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse de Lyon
Additional Comments: recycled font / sarcophagus / tomb: ORIGINAL USE IN REVERSE from a font to a sarcophagus, if Saint-Andéol is right [cf. Notes on Font]
Font Notes:
Corblet (1881-1882) reports the identification of another baptistery by Saint-Andéol under the choir of the church of Saint-Nizier in Lyon. According to this archaeologist the carved trough, about 2m by 1.40m, had served as a "cuve-réservoir" in the past and had been later "utilisé pour contenir les restes de saint Ennemond." (in Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 67). [NB: the present font is the work of Antoine Michel Perrache (1726-1779)]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 642580 5069541
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.764711, 4.833598
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 45′ 52.96″ N, 4° 50′ 0.95″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

REFERENCES

  • Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 67