A baptismal font found in the Basilica of the Nativity

On June 22nd the Palestinian committee in charge of the Restoration of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem announced they had found what seems to be a baptismal font from the Byzantine period.

The discovery took place during the works carried out by the Italian firm of Piacenti Spa.

Bethlehem: a new baptismal font found (www.custodia.org)

 

 

Video by Christian Media Center.