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  • Griechenland, Archaío Limáni
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Lechaion Baptistery

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The baptistery of Lechaion tripartite complex connected  to the Early Christian basilica at the ancient port of Lechaion, near Corinth. It  was likely built before the main church. As one of the most elaborate and well-decorated early Christian baptisteries in the Eastern Mediterranean.The baptistery included a main octagonal font, into which candidates would descend via a staircase.

See:

  1. William R. Caraher, Church, Society, and the Sacred in Early Christian Greece ,  M.A. The Ohio State University 2003 
  2. https://topostext.org/place/379229ELec

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Mitwirkende: Erstellt von Elżbieta (2025-09-16) , mit möglichen Beiträgen von anderen. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Permanente URL: https://vici.org/vici/101862
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Vorgeschlagene Zitierweise: Elżbieta , Lechaion Baptistery. https://vici.org/vici/101862, abgerufen am 2026-11-07.