Cagliari No. 3 / Karalis

INFORMATION

Font ID: 20146CAG

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Basilica di San Saturnino, Cagliari

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturninus of Cagliari

Church Notes: 6thC basilica built on earlier palaeo-Christian necropolis; re-built by the Benedictines after 1089, consecrated 1119; re-dedicated to Cosmas and Damian in 18thC; restored 1978-1996

Church Address: Piazza S. Cosimo, Cagliari, Italy -- Tel.: +39 070 659869

Site Location: Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy, Europe

Directions to Site: Located in the historic centre of Cagliari, quartiere Villanova

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Cagliari

Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11th-12thC church here)

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: we have no information on the font of the 11th-12th century church here]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32S 510647 4340520

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.213889, 9.123333

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 12′ 50″ N, 9° 7′ 24″ E