Sterna / Šterna

INFORMATION

FontID: 07899STE
Church/Chapel: Church sv.Mihaela
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Šterna, 52429, Grožnjan, Croatia
Country Name: Croatia
Location: Istarska Županija
Directions to Site: NW of Oprtalj, 8-10 km NE of Grožnjan (as ther crow flies) and in its municipality, S of the border with Slovenia, SSE of Trieste
Date: ca. 1541?
Century and Period: 16th century(mid),
A baptismal font bearing an inscription in Glagolitic [church Serbo-Croatian] script dating it to 1541 [source: The Croatian Glagolitic Heritage*, Marko Japundzic © On this web site [i.e., http://www.hr/darko/etf/japun.html] with kind permssion of Stan Granic (Croatian Academy of America), translator from Croatian]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 24' 47" N, 13° 47' 37" E