Thessaloniki No. 2 / Salonika / Thessalonika / Thessalonica / Άγιος Δημήτριος / Aghios Demetrios / Agios Demetrios / Agios Dimitrios / Hagios Dmetrios

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B01: symbol - cross - Latin - pattée - 8

Scene Description: one on each side of the octagonal baptistery

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: pool-like object to the side of the baptistery

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10293THE
Church/Chapel: Basilical Church of Saint Demetrius / Aghios Demetrios / Άγιος Δημήτριος
Church Patron Saints: St. Demetrius [aka Demetrios, Demetrius of Thessalonica, Demtrius of Thessaloniki]
Country Name: Greece
Location: Thessaloníki, Macedonia
Directions to Site: Located about 500 km N of Athens
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 5th century, Early Christian
The Church of St. Demetrius [Aghios Demeterios] was built originally in the 5th century, but destroyed by a fire in 1917. It was rebuilt in a 7th-century Italianate style. There are two objects in, or about this church that may be related to baptism. The "Roman forum" below the present church holds a baptistery-like construction consisting of a round arcade of eight tall round arches the lower sides of which are closed by large square stone plates decorated with a potent Latin cross on each, forming thus an octagonal raised tank of the type used for baptisms in Italy. [NB: the fragment at Laodicea, Turkey --cf. Index entry-- appears of similar design as these decorated plates]. [cf. Index entry for Thessaloniki No. 3 for the other object listed in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (raised tank)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal