Verdun nr. Belleville-sur-Meuse
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03645VER
Object Type: Baptistery
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th - 5th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Baptistery [disappeared]
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the cathedral] 7 Pl. Mgr Ginisty, 55100 Verdun, France
Site Location: Meuse, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Verdun is located about 110 km E of Reims. The baptistery site is located near the site of the cathedral, on the E bank of the Meuse river.
Font Notes:
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Corblet mentions a baptistery of round shape which existed since the 4th century on the banks of a streem, at the foot of the cathedral of Verdun. (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 75)
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 673678 5447913
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.159444, 5.382222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 9′ 34″ N, 5° 22′ 56″ 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, p. 75