Civaux

INFORMATION

FontID: 10460CIV

Object Type: Baptistery

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais

Church Patron Saints: St. Gervase & St. Protase [aka Gervasius and Protasius, Gervasis and Prothasis]

Country Name: France

Location: Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located off the N147, 6-7 km NW of Lussac-les-Châteaux (dir. Chauvigny)

Century and Period: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian

Font Notes: Click to view

Early-Christian baptistery [NB: an inscribed chrismon in this church is dated to the 5th-6th 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