Hagia Sophia (Great Church) - ܥܕܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ

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The monumental main church of Constantinople was destroyed during the Nika riots in 532, then rebuilt by Justinian on an even greater scale. Known as the Great Church, it played a major role in imperial ceremonies throughout the Byzantine period.1

Names

  • ܥܕܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ
  • Hagia Sophia (Great Church)
  • ܥܕܬܐ3
  • ܥܕܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ2
  • Hagia Sophia (Great Church)1
  • Hagia Sophia (Große Kirche)4
  • Ἁγία Σοφία (μέγαλη ἐκκλησία)1

Place Type

church

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 41.008548° Long. 28.979938°5

Descriptions

The monumental main church of Constantinople was destroyed during the Nika riots in 532, then rebuilt by Justinian on an even greater scale. Known as the Great Church, it played a major role in imperial ceremonies throughout the Byzantine period.1
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  • 1 Alexander P. Kazhdan (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)., p: 892-895.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 96; 144; 172, chapter: 3.2.29; 3.3.17; 3.3.39.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 13; 96; 106; 134; 138; 153; 160, chapter: 3.1.12; 3.2.29; 3.2.39; 3.3.9; 3.3.13; 3.3.26; 3.3.31.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Wolfgang Müller-Wiener, Bildlexikon zur Topographie Istanbuls: Byzantion – Konstantinupolis – Istanbul (Tübingen: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1977)., p: 84.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/307220778/imagery-location

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