Catholic baptism in Turin
· Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 · file Sent to Turin for conversion, Rousseau was baptized Catholic at the Cathedral of Saint John, thereby relinquishing Genevan citizenship under the city’s confessional rules. Quote is in French: Rousseau was baptized on 23 April 1728 at Turin’s Cathedral of Saint John.
