Mary of Blachernai (church) - ܒܝܬ ܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܕܒܠܩܪܢܐ

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A church in north-western Constantinople. Joh. Eph., EH 2.16, mentions a priest named Comitas who was part of the clergy of this church.1

Names

  • ܒܝܬ ܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܕܒܠܩܪܢܐ
  • Mary of Blachernai (church)
  • ܒܝܬ ܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܕܒܠܩܪܢܐ2
  • Basilica of the Virgin Mary of Blachernai1
  • L'église des Blachernes3
  • Theotokoskirche4
  • Θεοτόκος τῶν Βλαχερνῶν3

Place Type

church

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 41.0383° Long. 28.9425°5

Descriptions

A church in north-western Constantinople. Joh. Eph., EH 2.16, mentions a priest named Comitas who was part of the clergy of this church.1
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  • 1 Alexander P. Kazhdan (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)., p: 293.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: 78, chapter: 3.2.16.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: 169.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: 223.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520974

How to Cite This Entry

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Bibliography:

Silvio Roggo, “Mary of Blachernai (church) - ܒܝܬ ܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܕܒܠܩܪܢܐ .”, 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/5620.

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