Arnitha / Arnithi

INFORMATION

FontID: 07720ARN
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Church/Chapel: [originally from the church of St. Irene in Arnitha]
Church Patron Saints: St. Irene
Country Name: Greece
Location: Sporádhes, Nísoi Aiyaíou
Directions to Site: [the font is now in Rhodes capital]
Historical Region: Rhodes
Font Location in Church: [not in a church]
Century and Period: 5th - 8th century, Early Christian
Font Notes:
Listed in Palol (1976: 173 fn48) as a cruciform [square?] baptismal font of the Earlyt Christian period. [NB: the base of the fountain on Argirokastro/Argyrokastrou square in Rhodes capital is reported to be the Early Christian baptismal font found by Italian archaeologists in the church of St. Irene near Arnitha]