Lucciana / Mariana

INFORMATION

FontID: 04058LUC

Church/Chapel: Ancienne cathédrale Sainte-Marie-de-l'Assomption, La Canonica

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Country Name: France

Location: Haute-Corse, Corsica / Corse

Directions to Site: Located a few kms from Casamozza, at the end of 5 km road off the main one from Crocetta to Bastia

Font Location in Church: On the south side of the present church

Century and Period: 4th - 5th century, Early Christian

Church Notes: [cf. Notes on font]

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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as the mosaic remnants from a 4th century baptistery dug up at the site of La Canonica, the ancient cathedral in Lucciana built over the first Christian basilica of Mariana.

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-

Les premiers monuments chrétiens de la France, Paris: A. Picard ; Ministère ce la culture et de la francophonie, Direction du patrimoine, Sous-direction de l'archéologue, 1995-1998