Capri

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07997CAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Basilica di S. Costanzo / Parrocchia Maria Ss. Della Libera Chiesa Di S. Costanzo
Font Location in Church: Until it was destroyed it was reported at the E end, N side, near the apse
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Constantius [aka Antonii de Ripolis, Costanzo di Capri -- 7th/8thC bishop]
Church Notes: 10thC church replaced an early-Christian one of the 5thC
Church Address: Via Marina Grande, 156, 80076 Capri NA, Italy -- Tel.: +39 081 837 7028
Site Location: Campania, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: On the island of Capri, E side of the island, off the Via Marina Grande
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Capri
Font Notes:
Giobbe Ruocco's "La Basilica di S. Costanzo (1948) reported that an immersion baptismal font existed in the church of that name, but that it had been destroyed; the rests of the old baptistery were discovered there ca. 1910 [source: Il Caprifoglio, anno VII, no. 1 (giugno 1995): 7-8, in www.capricultura.org/bora.html]

COORDINATES

UTM: 33T 435486 4489207
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.551111, 14.238056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 33′ 4″ N, 14° 14′ 17″ E