Paris No. 9 / Lutetia Parisiorum
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03631PAR
Object Type: Baptistery
Church / Chapel Name: Baptistery of St-Jean-le-Rond [disappeared]
Church Address: [NB: coordinates for the site of the disappeared building]
Site Location: Ville de Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: The church-baptistery of St-Jean-le-Rond was situated on the north corner of the cathedral, to which it served as baptistery.
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse métropolitain de Paris
Font Notes:
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Gough (1792), after Le Boeuf (1774) writes: "The church of St. Jean le Rond at Paris, taken down 1748, was the baptistery of the cathedral of that city. The original or primitive baptistery of Paris, near the house of St. Genevieve was known by the name of the Chapel of St. John Baptist in 881. The church of St. John le Rond took its name from the round form of the oratory in which was the vessel or bason for the administration of baptism." Corblet (1881-1882) mentions the church of Saint-Jean-le-Rond, which was located "au flanc nord de la cathédrale et lui servait de baptistère", but was demolished in 1748.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.853481, 2.349443
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 51′ 12.53″ N, 2° 20′ 58″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: unknown
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2: 70
- Gough, Richard, "Description of the old font in the Church of East Meon, Hampshire, 1789: with some observations on fonts", X, Archaeologia, 1792, pp. 183-209; p. 205 and fn
- Le Boeuf, [abbé], Histoire de la ville et de tout la diocèse de Paris, 1774, vol. I: 20. 437