Ravenna No. 4

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08057RAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 2nd - 3rd century (?), Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di Santa Eufemia a Ravenna [now deconsecrated]
Font Location in Church: inside the church, in the sacristy
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Euphemia
Church Notes: mid-7thC church; present church chiefly 18thC [now deconsecrated]
Church Address: Via Gian Battista Barbiani, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy
Site Location: Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP253, in the historical city centre, on via Barbiani
Font Notes:
An early-Christian baptismal well or font located now in the sacristy of the 17th-century Chiesa di S. Eufemia in Ravena. The legend claims that a disciple of St. Peter, S. Apollinare, was sent to Ravenna in 46 A.D. and this was the well he used in the first baptisms in Ravenna [NB: contrary to this legend the arrival of St. Apollinar to Ravenna is usually dated between the 2nd and 3rd century] The well cover appears as a polygonal [octagonal?] structure about the size of a standard baptismal font with a cover of about the same height, also polygonal at the base but rounded at the top; this object is located in an alcove of the sacristy; the actual well has natural running water] [source: http://www.turismo.ravenna.it/percorsi/settimana/sette.htm]

COORDINATES

UTM: 33T 276663 4922239
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.418988, 12.194556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 25′ 8.36″ N, 12° 11′ 40.4″ E