Mor Bar Sauma Monastery
Jacobite monastery close to Melitene / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mor Bar Sauma Monastery was a Syriac Orthodox monastery near Malatya in Turkey.[1][nb 1] The monastery served as the regular patriarchal residence from the eleventh century until the thirteenth century, and was eventually abandoned in the seventeenth century.[5] It produced five patriarchs and forty-three metropolitan bishops.[4] Between 1074 and 1283 several synods took place at the monastery.[6]
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Monastery information | |
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Established | Mid-5th century |
Disestablished | After 1675/1676 |
Dedicated to | Mōr Barṣawmō |
Site | |
Location | Kaplı Dağı, Adıyaman Province, Turkey |
Coordinates | 38°1′1″N 38°49′53″E |
Public access | Yes |
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