Perigueux No. 3 / Civitas Petrucoriorum / Peireguers / Periguers / Périgueux

INFORMATION

FontID: 04193PER
Object Type: Baptistery
Church/Chapel: Baptistère Saint-Jean
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Country Name: France
Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located 90 kms north-east of Bordeaux, north of Bergerac.. The church is at the N end of town
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Périgueux et Sarlat
Century and Period: 5th century [originally], Early Christian
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a baptistery which probably existed since the 5th century; it was however replaced by a Renaissance chapel in 1521.

REFERENCES

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