Tyre / Sur / Ṣūr / Tyr / Tyros / Tyrus / Zor / Zōr

INFORMATION

FontID: 05671TYR
Church/Chapel: Basilica of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Lebanon
Location: Al-Janūb
Century and Period: 4th century (early), Early Christian
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