Meysse

INFORMATION

FontID: 10448MEY
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Church/Chapel: Early Christian baptistery in the Eglise St-Jean Baptiste
Country Name: France
Location: Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Font Location in Church: In the old church
Century and Period: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Font Notes:
Early Christian baptistery in the medieval parish church; the baptismal font is octagonal. According to Reynaud (1989), there was a pre-Caronlingian baptistery that was destroyed by a fire in the 14th century.

REFERENCES

Les premiers monuments chrétiens de la France, Paris: A. Picard ; Ministère ce la culture et de la francophonie, Direction du patrimoine, Sous-direction de l'archéologue, 1995-1998
Reynaud, Jean-François, "Le baptistère de Meysse et la christianisation des campagnes dans la moyenne vallée du Rhône", 1989, Bulletin de la Société nationale des antiquaires de France, 1989, pp. 103-118; p. 103-118