Verdun nr. Belleville-sur-Meuse

INFORMATION

FontID: 03645VER
Church/Chapel: Baptistery [disappeared]
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the cathedral] 7 Pl. Mgr Ginisty, 55100 Verdun, France
Country Name: France
Location: Meuse, Grand Est
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.
Century and Period: 4th - 5th century, Early Christian
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.159444, 5.382222
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 9′ 34″ N, 5° 22′ 56″ E
UTM: 31U 673678 5447913

REFERENCES

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