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  • Tunisia, Kélibia
  • geo:36.909698,11.105251

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Aspis - Clipea - Kelibia Baptistery

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The baptismal font of the Church of Father Felix at Kelibia wasconstructed in the sixth century.  according to the inscription of mosaic decoration it was dedictaed to Bishop Cyprian. Kelibia Baptistery iscurrently housed in Museum of Bardo.

See:

  1. Christian Courtois,  Baptistère découvert à Kélibia , CRAI, vol. 100, n°2, 1956, p. 139 - http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=65154&dirids=1
  2. Robin Jensen, Living Water: Images, Symbols, and Settings of Early Christian Baptism, Brill 2010, pp. 213, 214
  3. Aïcha Ben Abed Ben Khader, Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa, Getty Publications, 2006, p. 107

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2017-11-20) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/46401
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Aspis - Clipea - Kelibia Baptistery. https://vici.org/vici/46401, accessed 2026-11-04.