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mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pila_baptismal" title="Pila baptismal – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Pila baptismal" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Купел – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Купел" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maen-badez" title="Maen-badez – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Maen-badez" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_baptismal" title="Pica baptismal – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Pica baptismal" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%99titelnice" title="Křtitelnice – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Křtitelnice" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedyddfaen" title="Bedyddfaen – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bedyddfaen" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a 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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Church furniture holding water for baptism</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gr%C3%B6tlingbo_kyrka_dopfunt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Gr%C3%B6tlingbo_kyrka_dopfunt.jpg/220px-Gr%C3%B6tlingbo_kyrka_dopfunt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Gr%C3%B6tlingbo_kyrka_dopfunt.jpg/330px-Gr%C3%B6tlingbo_kyrka_dopfunt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Gr%C3%B6tlingbo_kyrka_dopfunt.jpg/440px-Gr%C3%B6tlingbo_kyrka_dopfunt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3450" data-file-height="4600" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_art" title="Romanesque art">Romanesque</a> baptismal font from <a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%B6tlingbo_Church" title="Grötlingbo Church">Grötlingbo Church</a>, Sweden, carved by <a href="/wiki/Sigraf" title="Sigraf">Sigraf</a>, a master stone sculptor who specialised in baptismal fonts.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacred_Heart_Co-Cathedral_Houston_interior_2018e.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Sacred_Heart_Co-Cathedral_Houston_interior_2018e.jpg/220px-Sacred_Heart_Co-Cathedral_Houston_interior_2018e.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Sacred_Heart_Co-Cathedral_Houston_interior_2018e.jpg/330px-Sacred_Heart_Co-Cathedral_Houston_interior_2018e.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Sacred_Heart_Co-Cathedral_Houston_interior_2018e.jpg/440px-Sacred_Heart_Co-Cathedral_Houston_interior_2018e.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4608" /></a><figcaption>A modern baptismal font in the <a href="/wiki/Co-Cathedral_of_the_Sacred_Heart_(Houston)" title="Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Houston)">Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, constructed in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>baptismal font</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Church_architecture" title="Church architecture">ecclesiastical architectural element</a>, which serves as a receptacle for baptismal water used for <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a>, as a part of Christian initiation for both rites of <a href="/wiki/Infant_baptism" title="Infant baptism">infant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Believer%27s_baptism" title="Believer's baptism">adult baptism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aspersion_and_affusion_fonts">Aspersion and affusion fonts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptismal_font&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Aspersion and affusion fonts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest western fonts are found in the <a href="/wiki/Catacombs_of_Rome" title="Catacombs of Rome">Catacombs of Rome</a>. The fonts of many western <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denominations</a> that practice <a href="/wiki/Infant_baptism" title="Infant baptism">infant baptism</a> are designed for baptisms using a non-immersive method, such as <a href="/wiki/Aspersion" title="Aspersion">aspersion</a> (sprinkling) or <a href="/wiki/Affusion" title="Affusion">affusion</a> (pouring). The simplest of these fonts has a pedestal with a holder for a basin of water. The materials vary greatly consisting of carved and sculpted <a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">marble</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wood" title="Wood">wood</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Metal" title="Metal">metal</a> in different shapes. Many fonts are in <a href="/wiki/Octagon" title="Octagon"> octagonal shape</a>, as a reminder of the new creation and as a connection to the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> practice of <a href="/wiki/Circumcision" title="Circumcision">circumcision</a>, which traditionally occurs on the eighth day.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some fonts are three-sided as a reminder of the Holy <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a> to represent the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baptismal_Font_Cover,_Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Baptismal_Font_Cover%2C_Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd.jpg/220px-Baptismal_Font_Cover%2C_Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Baptismal_Font_Cover%2C_Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd.jpg/330px-Baptismal_Font_Cover%2C_Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Baptismal_Font_Cover%2C_Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd.jpg/440px-Baptismal_Font_Cover%2C_Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Detail of carved baptismal font cover (created 1930s), Episcopal <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Good_Shepherd_(Rosemont,_Pennsylvania)" title="Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)">Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Fonts are often placed at or near the entrance to a <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">church's</a> <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> to remind believers of their baptism as they enter the church to pray, since the <a href="/wiki/Rites_of_passage#Religious_initiation_rites" class="mw-redirect" title="Rites of passage">rite</a> of baptism served as their initiation into the Church. In Lutheran churches, the baptismal font may be located in the <a href="/wiki/Chancel" title="Chancel">chancel</a> near the altar to serve as a testament to <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_sacraments" title="Lutheran sacraments">Lutheran sacramental theology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In many churches of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> and <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>, there was a special <a href="/wiki/Chapel" title="Chapel">chapel</a> or even a separate building for housing the baptismal fonts, called a <a href="/wiki/Baptistery" title="Baptistery">baptistery</a>. Both <a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:D%C3%B8pefont_Fra_1715_Thomas_Blix_av_tre,_formet_som_et_barn_som_b%C3%A6rer_en_sk%C3%A5l_p%C3%A5_hodet.jpg" class="extiw" title="no:Fil:Døpefont Fra 1715 Thomas Blix av tre, formet som et barn som bærer en skål på hodet.jpg">fonts</a> and baptisteries were often <a href="/wiki/Octagon" title="Octagon">octagonal</a> (eight-sided), octagonal fonts becoming more common from the 13th century and the norm from the 14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Ambrose" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Ambrose">Saint Ambrose</a> wrote that fonts and baptisteries were octagonal "because on the eighth day,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by rising, Christ loosens the bondage of death and receives the dead from their graves".<sup id="cite_ref-Kuehn1992_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuehn1992-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Huyser-Konig_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huyser-Konig-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Augustine" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Augustine">Saint Augustine</a> similarly described the eighth day as "everlasting... hallowed by the <a href="/wiki/Resurrection" title="Resurrection">resurrection</a> of Christ".<sup id="cite_ref-Kuehn1992_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuehn1992-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The quantity of water is usually small. There are some fonts where water pumps, a natural spring, or gravity keeps the water moving to mimic the moving waters of a stream. This visual and audible image communicates a "living waters" aspect of baptism. Some <a href="/wiki/Christian_liturgy" title="Christian liturgy">liturgical</a> church bodies use consecrated <a href="/wiki/Holy_water" title="Holy water">holy water</a> for the purpose of baptism, while others will use water straight out of the tap to fill the font.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A special silver vessel called a <a href="/wiki/Ewer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ewer">ewer</a> can be used to fill the font. Most baptismal fonts have covers to prevent water from evaporating and to protect baptismal water against contamination. </p><p>The mode of a baptism at a font is usually one of sprinkling, pouring, washing, or dipping in keeping with the <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a> verb βαπτίζω. Βαπτίζω can also mean "immerse", but most fonts are too small for that application. Some fonts are large enough to allow the immersion of infants, however. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_types">Regional types</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptismal_font&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Regional types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In certain regions of England, a common historic type of font design can be identified. In <a href="/wiki/South_East_England" title="South East England">South East England</a> the "Aylesbury font" can be seen in several churches in <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a> and the surrounding area. These fonts, which date from the late 12th Century around the years 1170 to 1190, are typically chalice-shaped, ornately carved around the rim with fluting below, and are considered fine examples of English <a href="/wiki/Norman_architecture" title="Norman architecture">Norman architecture</a>. They are named after the font found in <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_the_Virgin%27s_Church,_Aylesbury" title="St Mary the Virgin's Church, Aylesbury">the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other identifiable types include the <a href="/wiki/Early_English_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Early English (architecture)">Early English</a> "table-top" font, also found in Buckinghamshire; the "Bodmin font" in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>, the "Seven Sacrament fonts" in <a href="/wiki/East_Anglia" title="East Anglia">East Anglia</a>; and "Chalice fonts" in <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In Northern Europe, baroque font covers in the shape of a floating angel which are hung vertically from the ceiling of the <a href="/wiki/Choir_(architecture)" title="Choir (architecture)">choir</a> became fashionable in the <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheran</a> churches of Germany, Denmark and Sweden during the 17th and 18th centuries. During the baptism ceremony, they were lowered using a pulley which symbolized the angel bringing the baptismal water directly from heaven. </p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taufengel_der_Engelkirche_Hinterhermsdorf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Taufengel_der_Engelkirche_Hinterhermsdorf.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="240" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Floating baptismal angel of the font of the <a href="/wiki/Angel_Church,_Hinterhermsdorf" title="Angel Church, Hinterhermsdorf">Angel Church, Hinterhermsdorf</a> in Germany which gave its name to the church.</figcaption></figure><p><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Immersion_fonts">Immersion fonts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptismal_font&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Immersion fonts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest baptismal fonts were designed for full immersion, and were often cross-shaped, usually with three steps to represent Holy Trinity, leading down into the baptismal pool. Often such baptismal pools were located in a separate building, called a <a href="/wiki/Baptistery" title="Baptistery">baptistery</a>; however, this baptismal practice was then relocated to be administered near the entrance of the church, mostly nearby the main door to signify entrance to the Church. As <a href="/wiki/Infant_baptism" title="Infant baptism">infant baptism</a> became more common, fonts became smaller. Denominations that believe only in <a href="/wiki/Baptism_by_full_immersion" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptism by full immersion">baptism by full immersion</a> tend to use the term "baptismal font" to refer to immersion tanks dedicated for that purpose; however, in the Roman Catholic tradition, a baptismal font differs from an immersion. </p><p>Full-immersion baptisms may take place in a man-made tank or pool, or a natural <a href="/wiki/Water#Taste_and_odor" title="Water">body of water</a> such as a river or lake. The entire body is fully immersed, dunked, submerged or otherwise placed completely under the water. This practice symbolizes the death of the old nature, as found in <a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans" title="Epistle to the Romans">Romans</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Romans#6:3" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Romans">6:3–4</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Hagia_Sophia" title="Hagia Sophia">Hagia Sophia</a>, the water was supplied to the baptismal tank from a water tower.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a>, baptism is always by full triple immersion, even in the case of infant baptism (aspersion or pouring is permitted only <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(F-L)#I" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Latin phrases (F-L)">in extremis</a></i>). For this reason, Eastern baptismal fonts tend to be larger than their Western counterparts and they are usually portable. Eastern Orthodox fonts are often shaped like a large <a href="/wiki/Chalice_(cup)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalice (cup)">chalice</a> (significant since the Orthodox administer <a href="/wiki/Holy_Communion" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Communion">Holy Communion</a> to infants after baptism), and are normally fashioned out of metal rather than stone or wood. Symbolically, Orthodox baptismal fonts represent the womb of the Church, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Jesus" title="Tomb of Jesus">tomb of Christ</a>, since the baptized individual is put into the tomb/womb and is brought out born into a new life in Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the baptismal service, three candles are lit on or around the baptismal font, in honour of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Trinity">Holy Trinity</a>. In many Orthodox churches, a special kind of holy water, called "<a href="/wiki/Theophany_Water" class="mw-redirect" title="Theophany Water">Theophany Water</a>", is <a href="/wiki/Consecration" class="mw-redirect" title="Consecration">consecrated</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Epiphany_(feast)" class="mw-redirect" title="Epiphany (feast)">Feast of Theophany</a> (Epiphany). The consecration (literally, "Great Blessing") is performed twice: the first time on the eve of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Feast" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Feast">feast</a>, in a baptismal font; the second, on the day of the feast, in a natural body of water. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a>, especially after its <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a> (1962–1965), greater attention is being given to the form of the baptismal font. Currently, the Roman Catholic Church encourages baptismal fonts that are suitable for the full immersion of an infant or child, and for at least the pouring of water over the whole body of an adult. The font should be located in a space that is visibly and physically accessible, and should preferably make provision for flowing water. </p><p>Baptisms of <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> are usually undertaken in a simple font located in a local <a href="/wiki/Ward_(LDS_Church)" title="Ward (LDS Church)">meetinghouse</a>, although they can be performed in any body of water in which the person may be completely immersed. In Latter-day Saint <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">temples</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Baptism_for_the_dead" title="Baptism for the dead">proxy baptisms for the dead</a> are performed, the fonts rest on the sculptures of twelve oxen representing the twelve tribes of Israel, following the pattern of the <a href="/wiki/Molten_Sea" title="Molten Sea">Molten Sea</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Solomon" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Solomon">Temple of Solomon</a> (see 2 Chronicles 4:2-5). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptismal_font&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aspersion_and_affusion_fonts_2">Aspersion and affusion fonts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptismal_font&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Aspersion and affusion fonts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baptismal_Font_Magdeburg.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Octagonal baptismal font in Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany"><img alt="Octagonal baptismal font in Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Baptismal_Font_Magdeburg.jpg/120px-Baptismal_Font_Magdeburg.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Baptismal_Font_Magdeburg.jpg/180px-Baptismal_Font_Magdeburg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Baptismal_Font_Magdeburg.jpg/240px-Baptismal_Font_Magdeburg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1162" data-file-height="1049" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Octagonal baptismal font in <a href="/wiki/Magdeburg_Cathedral" title="Magdeburg Cathedral">Magdeburg Cathedral</a>, Germany</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_@_RMC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ship's bell as Baptismal font at chapel, Yeo Hall, Royal Military College of Canada"><img alt="Ship's bell as Baptismal font at chapel, Yeo Hall, Royal Military College of Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Baptismal_font_%40_RMC.jpg/120px-Baptismal_font_%40_RMC.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Baptismal_font_%40_RMC.jpg/180px-Baptismal_font_%40_RMC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Baptismal_font_%40_RMC.jpg/240px-Baptismal_font_%40_RMC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="682" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_bell" title="Ship's bell">Ship's bell</a> as Baptismal font at chapel, Yeo Hall, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_College_of_Canada" title="Royal Military College of Canada">Royal Military College of Canada</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lenzen_Stadtkirche_Taufbecken.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Font in a church at Lenzen, Brandenburg, Germany"><img alt="Font in a church at Lenzen, Brandenburg, Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Lenzen_Stadtkirche_Taufbecken.jpg/90px-Lenzen_Stadtkirche_Taufbecken.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Lenzen_Stadtkirche_Taufbecken.jpg/135px-Lenzen_Stadtkirche_Taufbecken.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Lenzen_Stadtkirche_Taufbecken.jpg/180px-Lenzen_Stadtkirche_Taufbecken.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Font in a church at <a href="/wiki/Lenzen" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenzen">Lenzen</a>, Brandenburg, Germany</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Roberts_Interior_035.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Oval marble font made before 1686, St Robert's Church, Pannal, North Yorkshire"><img alt="Oval marble font made before 1686, St Robert's Church, Pannal, North Yorkshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/St_Roberts_Interior_035.jpg/78px-St_Roberts_Interior_035.jpg" decoding="async" width="78" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/St_Roberts_Interior_035.jpg/117px-St_Roberts_Interior_035.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/St_Roberts_Interior_035.jpg/155px-St_Roberts_Interior_035.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1792" data-file-height="2764" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Oval marble font made before 1686, <a href="/wiki/St_Robert%27s_Church,_Pannal" title="St Robert's Church, Pannal">St Robert's Church, Pannal</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_at_Ft_Michilimackinac.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baptismal font at Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, Michigan"><img alt="Baptismal font at Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, Michigan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Baptismal_font_at_Ft_Michilimackinac.jpg/90px-Baptismal_font_at_Ft_Michilimackinac.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Baptismal_font_at_Ft_Michilimackinac.jpg/135px-Baptismal_font_at_Ft_Michilimackinac.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Baptismal_font_at_Ft_Michilimackinac.jpg/180px-Baptismal_font_at_Ft_Michilimackinac.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Baptismal font at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Michilimackinac" title="Fort Michilimackinac">Fort Michilimackinac</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mackinaw_City,_Michigan" title="Mackinaw City, Michigan">Mackinaw City, Michigan</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baptistery_St_Bartholomew_church_in_Marne_Italy.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The baptismal font of Saint Bartholmew parish church in Marne, Italy"><img alt="The baptismal font of Saint Bartholmew parish church in Marne, Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Baptistery_St_Bartholomew_church_in_Marne_Italy.JPG/78px-Baptistery_St_Bartholomew_church_in_Marne_Italy.JPG" decoding="async" width="78" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Baptistery_St_Bartholomew_church_in_Marne_Italy.JPG/117px-Baptistery_St_Bartholomew_church_in_Marne_Italy.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Baptistery_St_Bartholomew_church_in_Marne_Italy.JPG/156px-Baptistery_St_Bartholomew_church_in_Marne_Italy.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="2912" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The baptismal font of <a href="/wiki/San_Bartolomeo,_Marne" title="San Bartolomeo, Marne">Saint Bartholmew parish church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Marne_(Italy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marne (Italy)">Marne</a>, Italy</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hedesunda_Church_font_late_13th_century_in_Swedish_History_Museum_Stockholm.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hedesunda Church font, late 13th century, in Swedish History Museum, Stockholm"><img alt="Hedesunda Church font, late 13th century, in Swedish History Museum, Stockholm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Hedesunda_Church_font_late_13th_century_in_Swedish_History_Museum_Stockholm.jpg/90px-Hedesunda_Church_font_late_13th_century_in_Swedish_History_Museum_Stockholm.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Hedesunda_Church_font_late_13th_century_in_Swedish_History_Museum_Stockholm.jpg/135px-Hedesunda_Church_font_late_13th_century_in_Swedish_History_Museum_Stockholm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Hedesunda_Church_font_late_13th_century_in_Swedish_History_Museum_Stockholm.jpg/180px-Hedesunda_Church_font_late_13th_century_in_Swedish_History_Museum_Stockholm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hedesunda" title="Hedesunda">Hedesunda</a> Church font, late 13th century, in Swedish History Museum, <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St._John_Evangelist_Church_Interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baptismal font of St. John the Evangelist's Anglican Church, İzmir in the shape of a scallop"><img alt="Baptismal font of St. John the Evangelist's Anglican Church, İzmir in the shape of a scallop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/St._John_Evangelist_Church_Interior.jpg/67px-St._John_Evangelist_Church_Interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="67" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/St._John_Evangelist_Church_Interior.jpg/101px-St._John_Evangelist_Church_Interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/St._John_Evangelist_Church_Interior.jpg/135px-St._John_Evangelist_Church_Interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2988" data-file-height="5312" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Baptismal font of <a href="/wiki/St._John_the_Evangelist%27s_Anglican_Church,_%C4%B0zmir" title="St. John the Evangelist's Anglican Church, İzmir">St. John the Evangelist's Anglican Church, İzmir</a> in the shape of a <a href="/wiki/Scallop" title="Scallop">scallop</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:La_Baussaine_(35)_%C3%89glise_11.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The twin-fonts of Saint-Léon Church of La Baussaine, France"><img alt="The twin-fonts of Saint-Léon Church of La Baussaine, France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/La_Baussaine_%2835%29_%C3%89glise_11.jpg/90px-La_Baussaine_%2835%29_%C3%89glise_11.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/La_Baussaine_%2835%29_%C3%89glise_11.jpg/135px-La_Baussaine_%2835%29_%C3%89glise_11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/La_Baussaine_%2835%29_%C3%89glise_11.jpg/180px-La_Baussaine_%2835%29_%C3%89glise_11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="893" data-file-height="1191" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The twin-fonts of Saint-Léon Church of <a href="/wiki/La_Baussaine" title="La Baussaine">La Baussaine</a>, France</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stadtkirche_Bremgarten_Taufstein.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baroque baptismal font of Catholic City Church of Bremgarten, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland"><img alt="Baroque baptismal font of Catholic City Church of Bremgarten, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Stadtkirche_Bremgarten_Taufstein.jpg/75px-Stadtkirche_Bremgarten_Taufstein.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Stadtkirche_Bremgarten_Taufstein.jpg/113px-Stadtkirche_Bremgarten_Taufstein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Stadtkirche_Bremgarten_Taufstein.jpg/151px-Stadtkirche_Bremgarten_Taufstein.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1560" data-file-height="2484" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Baroque baptismal font of Catholic <a href="/wiki/City_Church_of_Bremgarten" title="City Church of Bremgarten">City Church of Bremgarten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aargau" title="Aargau">Canton of Aargau</a>, Switzerland</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wolxheim_StEtienne_28.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Font of Saint-Étienne Church depicts Holy Spirit as a dove descending, in Wolxheim, France"><img alt="Font of Saint-Étienne Church depicts Holy Spirit as a dove descending, in Wolxheim, France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Wolxheim_StEtienne_28.JPG/49px-Wolxheim_StEtienne_28.JPG" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Wolxheim_StEtienne_28.JPG/73px-Wolxheim_StEtienne_28.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Wolxheim_StEtienne_28.JPG/98px-Wolxheim_StEtienne_28.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1390" data-file-height="3410" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Font of Saint-Étienne Church depicts <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Spirit</a> as a dove descending, in <a href="/wiki/Wolxheim" title="Wolxheim">Wolxheim</a>, France</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taufbecken_Stadtpfarrkirche_Perg.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gothic baptismal font of Catholic parish church of Perg, Austria"><img alt="Gothic baptismal font of Catholic parish church of Perg, Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Taufbecken_Stadtpfarrkirche_Perg.jpg/58px-Taufbecken_Stadtpfarrkirche_Perg.jpg" decoding="async" width="58" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Taufbecken_Stadtpfarrkirche_Perg.jpg/87px-Taufbecken_Stadtpfarrkirche_Perg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Taufbecken_Stadtpfarrkirche_Perg.jpg/116px-Taufbecken_Stadtpfarrkirche_Perg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1532" data-file-height="3172" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gothic baptismal font of Catholic parish church of <a href="/wiki/Perg" title="Perg">Perg</a>, Austria</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Immersion_fonts_2">Immersion fonts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptismal_font&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Immersion fonts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BaptismalFontStRaphaelDubuque.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The baptismal font at St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque, Iowa, was expanded in 2005 to include a small pool for immersion of adults."><img alt="The baptismal font at St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque, Iowa, was expanded in 2005 to include a small pool for immersion of adults." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/BaptismalFontStRaphaelDubuque.jpg/120px-BaptismalFontStRaphaelDubuque.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/BaptismalFontStRaphaelDubuque.jpg/180px-BaptismalFontStRaphaelDubuque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/BaptismalFontStRaphaelDubuque.jpg/240px-BaptismalFontStRaphaelDubuque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The baptismal font at <a href="/wiki/St._Raphael%27s_Cathedral_(Dubuque)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Raphael's Cathedral (Dubuque)">St. Raphael's Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dubuque,_Iowa" title="Dubuque, Iowa">Dubuque, Iowa</a>, was expanded in 2005 to include a small pool for immersion of adults.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chapel-font_of_Optina_Elders_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Russian Orthodox immersion font in Leninsky District, Tula Oblast, Russia"><img alt="Russian Orthodox immersion font in Leninsky District, Tula Oblast, Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Chapel-font_of_Optina_Elders_02.jpg/120px-Chapel-font_of_Optina_Elders_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Chapel-font_of_Optina_Elders_02.jpg/180px-Chapel-font_of_Optina_Elders_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Chapel-font_of_Optina_Elders_02.jpg/240px-Chapel-font_of_Optina_Elders_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3950" data-file-height="2962" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Russian Orthodox immersion font in <a href="/wiki/Leninsky_District,_Tula_Oblast" title="Leninsky District, Tula Oblast">Leninsky District, Tula Oblast</a>, Russia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Russian-baptism.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Baptism of an infant in the Russian Orthodox Church (St. Petersburg)"><img alt="Baptism of an infant in the Russian Orthodox Church (St. Petersburg)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Russian-baptism.JPG/120px-Russian-baptism.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Russian-baptism.JPG/180px-Russian-baptism.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Russian-baptism.JPG/240px-Russian-baptism.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Baptism of an infant in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox Church</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Petersburg">St. Petersburg</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baptismal-Font-from-Bulgaria.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tinned copper baptismal font from Bulgaria"><img alt="Tinned copper baptismal font from Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Baptismal-Font-from-Bulgaria.jpg/120px-Baptismal-Font-from-Bulgaria.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Baptismal-Font-from-Bulgaria.jpg/180px-Baptismal-Font-from-Bulgaria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Baptismal-Font-from-Bulgaria.jpg/240px-Baptismal-Font-from-Bulgaria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1086" data-file-height="975" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tinned copper baptismal font from Bulgaria</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Salt_Lake_temple_baptismal_font.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baptismal font in the Salt Lake Temple of the LDS Church, ca. 1912. The twelve oxen supporting the font represent the Twelve Tribes of Israel."><img alt="Baptismal font in the Salt Lake Temple of the LDS Church, ca. 1912. The twelve oxen supporting the font represent the Twelve Tribes of Israel." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Salt_Lake_temple_baptismal_font.jpg/120px-Salt_Lake_temple_baptismal_font.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Salt_Lake_temple_baptismal_font.jpg/180px-Salt_Lake_temple_baptismal_font.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Salt_Lake_temple_baptismal_font.jpg/240px-Salt_Lake_temple_baptismal_font.jpg 2x" data-file-width="563" data-file-height="421" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Temple_architecture_(LDS_Church)#The_Baptismal_Font" title="Temple architecture (LDS Church)">Baptismal font</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple" title="Salt Lake Temple">Salt Lake Temple</a> of the <a href="/wiki/LDS_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="LDS Church">LDS Church</a>, ca. 1912. The twelve oxen supporting the font represent the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Tribes_of_Israel" title="Twelve Tribes of Israel">Twelve Tribes of Israel</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mamodisa_kalthotti.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baptismal font used in Malankara Church from 11th century AD at Mulanthuruthy Marthoman Church"><img alt="Baptismal font used in Malankara Church from 11th century AD at Mulanthuruthy Marthoman Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Mamodisa_kalthotti.jpg/120px-Mamodisa_kalthotti.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Mamodisa_kalthotti.jpg/180px-Mamodisa_kalthotti.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Mamodisa_kalthotti.jpg/240px-Mamodisa_kalthotti.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1741" data-file-height="979" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Baptismal font used in <a href="/wiki/Malankara_Church" title="Malankara Church">Malankara Church</a> from 11th century AD at <a href="/wiki/Mulanthuruthy_Marthoman_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulanthuruthy Marthoman Church">Mulanthuruthy Marthoman Church</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baptismal_Fountain_Saint_Nilo_Orthodix_Abbey_in_Frascati.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baptismal Font in the Basilian Monastery of Santa Maria, Grottaferrata near Frascati, Italy"><img alt="Baptismal Font in the Basilian Monastery of Santa Maria, Grottaferrata near Frascati, Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Baptismal_Fountain_Saint_Nilo_Orthodix_Abbey_in_Frascati.jpg/120px-Baptismal_Fountain_Saint_Nilo_Orthodix_Abbey_in_Frascati.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Baptismal_Fountain_Saint_Nilo_Orthodix_Abbey_in_Frascati.jpg/180px-Baptismal_Fountain_Saint_Nilo_Orthodix_Abbey_in_Frascati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Baptismal_Fountain_Saint_Nilo_Orthodix_Abbey_in_Frascati.jpg/240px-Baptismal_Fountain_Saint_Nilo_Orthodix_Abbey_in_Frascati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Baptismal Font in the Basilian Monastery of Santa Maria, <a href="/wiki/Grottaferrata" title="Grottaferrata">Grottaferrata</a> near Frascati, Italy</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fonts_Baptismaux_Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Metz.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Font of Metz Cathedral in France is an ancient Roman bath converted into a baptismal font"><img alt="Font of Metz Cathedral in France is an ancient Roman bath converted into a baptismal font" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Fonts_Baptismaux_Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Metz.jpg/120px-Fonts_Baptismaux_Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Metz.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Fonts_Baptismaux_Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Metz.jpg/180px-Fonts_Baptismaux_Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Metz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Fonts_Baptismaux_Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Metz.jpg/240px-Fonts_Baptismaux_Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Metz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Font of <a href="/wiki/Metz_Cathedral" title="Metz Cathedral">Metz Cathedral</a> in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> is an ancient Roman bath converted into a baptismal font</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Germany_Luebeck_St_Mary_baptismal_font_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze baptismal font of St. Mary's Church, Lübeck, Germany"><img alt="Bronze baptismal font of St. Mary's Church, Lübeck, Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Germany_Luebeck_St_Mary_baptismal_font_1.jpg/120px-Germany_Luebeck_St_Mary_baptismal_font_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Germany_Luebeck_St_Mary_baptismal_font_1.jpg/180px-Germany_Luebeck_St_Mary_baptismal_font_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Germany_Luebeck_St_Mary_baptismal_font_1.jpg/240px-Germany_Luebeck_St_Mary_baptismal_font_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bronze baptismal font of <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_L%C3%BCbeck" title="St. Mary's Church, Lübeck">St. Mary's Church, Lübeck</a>, Germany</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Renier_de_Huy_JPG0.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baptismal font at St Bartholomew's Church, Liège sculpted by Renier de Huy in Liège, Belgium"><img alt="Baptismal font at St Bartholomew's Church, Liège sculpted by Renier de Huy in Liège, Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Renier_de_Huy_JPG0.jpg/120px-Renier_de_Huy_JPG0.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Renier_de_Huy_JPG0.jpg/180px-Renier_de_Huy_JPG0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Renier_de_Huy_JPG0.jpg/240px-Renier_de_Huy_JPG0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2454" data-file-height="1604" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <a href="/wiki/Baptismal_font_at_St_Bartholomew%27s_Church,_Li%C3%A8ge" title="Baptismal font at St Bartholomew's Church, Liège">Baptismal font at St Bartholomew's Church, Liège</a> sculpted by <a href="/wiki/Renier_de_Huy" title="Renier de Huy">Renier de Huy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a>, Belgium</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taufbecken_St.Petrus_WF_6.5.2023.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Immersion font of St. Petrus Catholic Church in Wolfenbüttel, Germany"><img alt="Immersion font of St. Petrus Catholic Church in Wolfenbüttel, Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Taufbecken_St.Petrus_WF_6.5.2023.JPG/90px-Taufbecken_St.Petrus_WF_6.5.2023.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Taufbecken_St.Petrus_WF_6.5.2023.JPG/135px-Taufbecken_St.Petrus_WF_6.5.2023.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Taufbecken_St.Petrus_WF_6.5.2023.JPG/180px-Taufbecken_St.Petrus_WF_6.5.2023.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Immersion font of St. Petrus Catholic Church in <a href="/wiki/Wolfenb%C3%BCttel" title="Wolfenbüttel">Wolfenbüttel</a>, Germany</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eisleben_St._Petri_%26_Pauli_Taufbrunnen.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Modern immersion font of Evangelical Lutheran St.-Petri-Pauli-Church in Eisleben, Germany"><img alt="Modern immersion font of Evangelical Lutheran St.-Petri-Pauli-Church in Eisleben, Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Eisleben_St._Petri_%26_Pauli_Taufbrunnen.JPG/120px-Eisleben_St._Petri_%26_Pauli_Taufbrunnen.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Eisleben_St._Petri_%26_Pauli_Taufbrunnen.JPG/180px-Eisleben_St._Petri_%26_Pauli_Taufbrunnen.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Eisleben_St._Petri_%26_Pauli_Taufbrunnen.JPG/240px-Eisleben_St._Petri_%26_Pauli_Taufbrunnen.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Modern immersion font of Evangelical Lutheran St.-Petri-Pauli-Church in <a href="/wiki/Eisleben" title="Eisleben">Eisleben</a>, Germany</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptismal_font&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptistery" title="Baptistery">Baptistery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronze_laver_(Temple)" title="Bronze laver (Temple)">Bronze laver (Temple)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikveh" title="Mikveh">Mikveh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_water_font" title="Holy water font">Holy water font</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nipson_anomemata_me_monan_opsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Nipson anomemata me monan opsin">Nipson anomemata me monan opsin</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_priest_F%C3%A9lix_and_baptistry_of_K%C3%A9libia" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of the priest Félix and baptistry of Kélibia">Church of the priest Félix and baptistry of Kélibia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptismal_font&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baptismal_font&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The sixth day of <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week" title="Holy Week">Holy Week</a> was <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a>; 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London: J. Van Voorst.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Illustrations+of+baptismal+fonts&rft.place=London&rft.pub=J.+Van+Voorst&rft.date=1844&rft.aulast=Combe&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft.au=Paley%2C+Frederick+Apthorp&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fillustrationsba00coomgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaptismal+font" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeterson1907" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Peterson, John Bertram (1907). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Baptismal Font"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Baptismal_Font">"Baptismal Font" </a></span>. In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Baptismal+Font&rft.btitle=Catholic+Encyclopedia&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Robert+Appleton+Company&rft.date=1907&rft.aulast=Peterson&rft.aufirst=John+Bertram&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaptismal+font" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeclercq1910" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Leclercq, Henri (1910). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Holy Water Fonts"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Holy_Water_Fonts">"Holy Water Fonts" </a></span>. In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Holy+Water+Fonts&rft.btitle=Catholic+Encyclopedia&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Robert+Appleton+Company&rft.date=1910&rft.aulast=Leclercq&rft.aufirst=Henri&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaptismal+font" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Font"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Collier%27s_New_Encyclopedia_(1921)/Font">"Font" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Collier%27s_Encyclopedia" title="Collier's Encyclopedia">Collier's New Encyclopedia</a></i>. 1921.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Font&rft.btitle=Collier%27s+New+Encyclopedia&rft.date=1921&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABaptismal+font" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFarrugia2017" class="citation book cs1">Farrugia, David (2017). <i>The Rediscovery of the Baptismal Font in the Liturgy</i>. 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