Paris No. 9 / Lutetia Parisiorum

INFORMATION

FontID: 03631PAR
Church/Chapel: Baptistery of St-Jean-le-Rond [disappeared]
Church Location: [NB: coordinates for the site of the disappeared building]
Country Name: France
Location: Ville de Paris, Île-de-France
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
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.853481, 2.349443
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 51′ 12.53″ N, 2° 20′ 58″ E

REFERENCES

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882
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; r["References"]
Le Boeuf, [abbé], Histoire de la ville et de tout la diocèse de Paris, 1774