Pedrosa de la Vega / La Olmeda – BAPTISTERIA SACRA INDEX (BSI)

Font ID: 07204PED

Object Type: Baptismal Font3

Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 7th century, Early Christian / Visigothic

Church / Chapel Name: Necrópolis Visigoda [archaeological site]

Church Address: 16336 La Olmeda, Pedrosa de la Vega, Palencia, Spain

Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the PP-2420, just E of Pedrosa de la Vega, 65 km N of Palencia capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia

Font Notes: Click to view

Hispano-Roman / Early Christian / Visigothic nechropolis site existed in this area -- this may be the same Pedraza site that is refered to as having an Early Christian / Visigothic baptismal font [source: www.anthropos.galeon.com and www.infosegovia.com]. This may be the 'Vegas de Pedraza' font noted with some measurements in Ferguson (2009). Extensive information on the site, access, etc. in the Revista de Castilla y León [https://www.revcyl.com/web/index.php/cultura-y-turismo/item/18816-la-olmeda-en-pedrosa-de-la-vega-un-buen-pretexto-para-conocer-como-vivian-los-ultimos-romanos-y-ya-de-paso-viajar-por-la-provincia-de-palencia] [accessed 16 May 2025] and in the Patrimonio Cultural web site [https://www.jcyl.es/jcyl/patrimoniocultural/GuiaLugaresArqueologicos/palencia/05palencia/index.html] [accessed 16 May 2025].

UTM: 30T 357284 4704718

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.481667, -4.736389

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 28′ 54″ N, 4° 44′ 11″ W

Ferguson, Everett, Baptism in the Early Church: history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2009, p. 848