Santiago de Compostela No. 3

INFORMATION

FontID: 03913SAN
Object Type: Baptistery
Church/Chapel: [now disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Font Location in Church: It is said to have been located in the site of the present cathedral
Century and Period: 9th - 10th century, Early Christian / Medieval
Font Notes:
Lampérez y Romea (1930) informs of the existence of a baptistery, which was torn down in one of the many expansions and modifications of this church, in the site of the present cathedral: "The baptistery of San Juan de Santiago had a polygonal plant at the centre of which was the immersion font" and gives the date as the 9th or 10th century [our translation]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: unknown
Font Shape: polygonal (baptistery)

REFERENCES

Lampérez y Romea, Vicente, Historia de la arquitectura cristiana española en la Edad Media, segun el estudio de los elementos y los monumentos, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1930