Baptismal font from the time of the Croatian duke Viseslav (785-802) around the year 800 AD from Nin. Latin inscriptions mention the name of a priest named John (Ivan), who baptized people during "the time of Duke Višeslav" in the honor of John the Baptist. Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split, Croatia.

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