Lyon No. 6 / Liyon / Lugdunum

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19449LYO
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 8 Place de Fourvière, 69005 Lyon, France -- Tel.: +33 4 78 25 13 01
Country Name: France
Location: Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located in the heights of Lyon, where the former Roman forum was
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lyon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 19th century (late), Modern
Font Notes:
Holy-water stoup of beige marble; very shallow oval basin with large scrolled 'handles' and a gadrooned underbowl, raised on a fluted and moulded polygonal pedestal base; the inner basin has a carved inscription around the inside.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.7625, 4.8225
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 45′ 45″ N, 4° 49′ 21″ E
UTM: 31T 641722 5069275

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: around the inner side of the basin
Inscription Text: "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES / IN HOC SIGNO VINCES"
Inscription Source: on-site