Tyre / Sur / Ṣūr / Tyr / Tyros / Tyrus / Zor / Zōr
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05671TYR
Object Type: Baptistery
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th century (early), Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Basilica of St. Peter
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Al-Janūb, Lebanon, Middle East
Font Notes:
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Listed in Bond (1908: 18) as a baptistery mentioned by Eusebius "when speaking of the church built at Tyre by Paulinus early in the fourth century". This baptistery is believed to have been built not long after the church, the Basilica of St. Peter.
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 18