Chalkoprateion, Church of the blessed Theotokos of the - ܥܕܬܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܝܬܐ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܟܠܩܦܪܛܝܘܢ

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Built in the late fifth century, this church was located close to Hagia Sophia and was one of the four patriarchal churches of Constantinople. It housed one of the most important relics, the girdle of the Virgin Mary.1

Names

  • ܥܕܬܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܝܬܐ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܟܠܩܦܪܛܝܘܢ
  • Chalkoprateion, Church of the blessed Theotokos of the
  • ܥܕܬܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܝܬܐ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܟܠܩܦܪܛܝܘܢ2
  • Church of the Virgin in the Coppermarket1
  • Théotocos des Chalkoproateia4
  • Θεοτόκος τῶν Χαλκοπρατείων3

Place Type

church

Descriptions

Built in the late fifth century, this church was located close to Hagia Sophia and was one of the four patriarchal churches of Constantinople. It housed one of the most important relics, the girdle of the Virgin Mary.1
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  • 1 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 397.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: 144, chapter: 3.3.17.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Raymond Janin, Les églises et les monastères, Géographie ecclésiastique de l'Empire byzantin 1, Siège de Constantinople et le patriarcat oecuméniqe 3 (Paris: Centre National de la recherche scientifique, 1953), p: 246.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Raymond Janin, Les églises et les monastères, Géographie ecclésiastique de l'Empire byzantin 1, Siège de Constantinople et le patriarcat oecuméniqe 3 (Paris: Centre National de la recherche scientifique, 1953), p: 246-251.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Silvio Roggo, “Chalkoprateion, Church of the blessed Theotokos of the - ܥܕܬܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܝܬܐ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܟܠܩܦܪܛܝܘܢ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/5590.

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Silvio Roggo, “Chalkoprateion, Church of the blessed Theotokos of the - ܥܕܬܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܝܬܐ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܟܠܩܦܪܛܝܘܢ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/place/5590.

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