Baptistery

The baptistery is a beautiful fount of carved stone. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The name baptistery is also given to a kind of chapel in a large church, which serves the same purpose. ❋ Various (N/A)

Church; for Baptism is given in a place called the baptistery, railed off from the church and near the door, because formerly the ceremony up to this point was performed outside the church, and at this part of the ceremony the person was led in to be baptized. ❋ Thomas L. Kinkead (N/A)

In the baptistery is a beautiful font with a bronze cover by Tiziano Minio, Desiderio da Firenze, and Francesco ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Recesses round the walls of the mausoleum-church contained sarcophagi: in the centre of the baptistery was the great font. ❋ Unknown (1912)

The lavatory tower is now more commonly called the baptistery, but this name gives a false impression, and only came into use because the building now contains a font, given to the cathedral by Bishop Warner. ❋ Hartley Withers (1908)

The bells hang in the belfry, the south-west tower, and the north-west tower is still called the baptistery, because baptisms used to take place there. ❋ A. Murray Smith (1877)

At the end of the oval court is a dome of rich and picturesque construction, called the baptistery of Louis XIII, because that king was baptized there. ❋ Arthur L��on Imbert De Saint-Amand (1867)

From the 4th century to the 8th century: baptism by partial immersion in a "baptistery" began, used with a pouring of water. ❋ CatholicApologetics.org (2010)

The Paschal candle, which is brought to the baptistery in the procession, is immersed in the water three times, slightly deeper each time, while the priest sings, “Let the power of the Holy Ghost descend into this plenitude of the font.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

This doubling of the invocations is a remnant of an ancient custom whereby the Litany was sung once on behalf of the catechumens while processing to the baptistery, again while returning to the church, welcoming the newly baptized into the company of the Saints. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When all have entered the baptistery, the priest says another prayer, then a Preface, typical of the Roman rite, during which he performs the rite of blessing the water. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Before entering the baptistery, the priest sings a prayer which makes reference to the deer, comparing it to the people that longs for rebirth in the waters of baptism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One highlight is a silver-and-brass bowl brought to Paris during the Crusades, used as a baptistery for all French kings since Saint-Louis in the 13th century. ❋ Inti Landauro (2012)

The extension to the cathedral is being described as a narthex; it is, however, a large, three-story octagonal structure vaguely reminiscent of a baptistery and will include a basement crypt for the burial of archbishops and a top-story performance space seating 100 people; in between will be a gathering space for worshippers before and after mass. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is somewhat reminiscent of a chapter-house, baptistery, or even some monastic kitchens, though at a greatly inflated scale. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A new rubric specifies that, if the blessing of the water is done in the baptistery, “the cantors and the people remain in their place, and continue the chant of the Litanies, repeating the invocations from ‘Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis’, if need be”; meanwhile, the clergy go to bless the font without them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the prophecies are done, if the church has a baptismal font, it is now blessed, and so all go in procession to the baptistery. ❋ Unknown (2009)