San Pedro de Merida No. 1 / San Pedro de Mérida (Badajoz)

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view of church exterior in context

Source caption: "Presenta interesantes testigos, pila bautismal, arranque de columnado, suelo original, etc."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Presenta interesantes testigos, pila bautismal, arranque de columnado, suelo original, etc."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Luis Filpo Cabana, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken in March 2011 by José Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basílica_visigoda.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2017]
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view of church exterior in context

the excavated site of the ancient Visigothic (?) basilica (on the left) is adjacent to the 15thC church (on the right)
Scene Description: the excavated site of the ancient Visigothic (?) basilica (on the left) is adjacent to the 15thC church (on the right)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Luis Filpo Cabana, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken in March 2013 by José Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basílica_visigoda_de_San_Pedro_de_Mérida_(Badajoz).jpg] [accessed 20 June 2017]
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view of church interior

Source caption: "Muy cerca de Mérida, existió esta iglesia, integrante de un monasterio visigodo, cuyo abad fué Nucto." [Nucro?]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Muy cerca de Mérida, existió esta iglesia, integrante de un monasterio visigodo, cuyo abad fué Nucto." [Nucro?]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Luis Filpo Cabana, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken in March 2011 by José Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basílica_visigoda_de_San_Pedro_de_Mérida.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2017]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 21278MER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 7th century, Visigothic
Church / Chapel Name: Antigua basílica visigoda
Font Location in Church: Inside the ruins of the ancient church
Church Notes: the present church was built right next to the site of the ancient Visigothic basilica
Church Address: 06893 San Pedro de Mérida, Badajoz, Spain
Site Location: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A-5 [aka Autovia del Suroeste], E of Trujillanos, Mérida, 75 from Badajoz capital
Historical Region: Comarca de Tierra de Mérida - Vegas Bajas
Font Notes:
Khatchatrian (1982) mentions a "Petite cuve baptismale" found in the [then] recently excavated church, and cites M. Pons Almagro excavation report of 1958 [NB: the report by M. Pons Almagro and A. Marcos Badajoz was published in Badajoz by the Imprenta de la Diputación Provincial in 1958]. The present church was built in the 15th century right next to the ancient Visigothic (?) site. The ancient font is described as "pila bautismal por inmersión con cuatro escalones" in Andando por San Pedro de Mérida [www.nuevoportal.com/andando/pueblos/extrema/badajoz/sanpedromerida.html] [accessed 20 June 2017]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29S 743872 4314995
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.950004, -6.185872
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 57′ 0.01″ N, 6° 11′ 9.14″ W

REFERENCES

  • Khatchatrian, Armen, Origine et typologie des baptistères paléochrétiens, Mulhouse: Centre de Culture Chrétienne, 1982, p. 107