Dijon No. 5

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06369DIJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Jean de Dijon
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: 5thC Early-Christian church became parochial in the 9thC; demolished and re-built in the 15thC; modified 17th, 18th; with the Revolution became first a market, then a theatre; reverted to a parish church in the 1860s and greatly restored in the 20thC; deconsecrated 1970s and became a again a theatre -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112269]
Church Address: 9 Rue Danton, 21000 Dijon, France
Site Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the historical centre of Dijon, on Rue Danton, off Rue Monge
Font Notes:
Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a later font at Dijon St-Jean, made up of a main basin and a smaller auxiliary one.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 653863 5242781
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.320411, 5.036069
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 19′ 13.48″ N, 5° 2′ 9.85″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: double-font

REFERENCES

  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 49