Baptistery
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In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. The baptistery may be incorporated within the body of a church or cath
Pisa Baptistery, begun 1152, completed 1363
The Lateran Baptistery, Rome, 440
Baptistery in the Basilica of St. John in Ephesus, Turkey
The 5th-century baptistery of Albenga in Italy
Baptismal font
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A baptismal font is an ecclesiastical architectural element, which serves as a receptacle for baptismal water used for baptism, as a part of Christian initiation for both rites of infant and adult bap
Baptistery
…Greek βαπτιστήριον, 'bathing-place, baptistery', from βαπτίζειν, baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. The baptistery may be incorporated within the body of a church or cathedral, and provided with an altar as a chapel. In the early Church, the catechumens…
A Romanesque baptismal font from Grötlingbo Church, Sweden, carved by Sigraf, a master stone sculptor who specialised in baptismal fonts.
A baptismal font in Saint Stefan Dečanski Serbian Orthodox Church in Gothenburg, Sweden.
A modern baptismal font in the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, constructed in 2008
Detail of carved baptismal font cover (created 1930s), Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)