Arnitha / Arnithi

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07720ARN
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 8th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from the church of St. Irene in Arnitha]
Font Location in Church: [not in a church]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Irene
Site Location: Sporádhes, Nísoi Aiyaíou, Greece, Europe
Directions to Site: [the font is now in Rhodes capital]
Historical Region: Rhodes
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]