Sigtuna No. 3
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22667SIG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Museum: Statens historiska museum, Stockholm, inv. nr. 8272
Church / Chapel Name: Sankt Perskyrkan? / S. Pers kyrka? [Sankt Pers kyrkoruin?]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Sigtuna, 193 32 Sigtuna, Sweden
Site Location: Uppland, Uppsala län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Sigtuna is located near the county border between Uppsala and Stockholm, between the E4 (E) and the E18 (W), 30 km S of Uppsala, 40-50 km N of Stockholm
Font Notes:
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A fragment from Sigtuna is reported in Roosval (1917) as being part of a font or a column from the S. Pers kyrka, discovered in a garden of Sigtuna.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 653098 6611791
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.616139, 17.713911
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 36′ 58.1″ N, 17° 42′ 50.08″ E
REFERENCES
- Mehling, Franz N., Spain: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 72