Hagia Maria-Meryemana
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | Byzantine Research Fund |
| Reference No. | BRF/02/02/03/006 |
| Level | Item |
| Place |
Meryemana Ephesus |
| Dates | 1872-1873 |
| Donor/Creator |
Trotman, Corporal J. |
| Scope and Content | View of the "nave" looking east. This is a Hellenic Society photograph. It is numbered (H.S. 3124) at the back. Further annotation in pencil survives. |
| Further information | The House of the Virgin (Meryemana) is located on the top of Bulbul Mountain at a distance of approximately 9km from Ephesus. Hagios Ioannis ho Theologos and the Virgin came to Ephesus about 40 A.D. and stayed in the region until their death. The structure identified as the House of Hagia Maria is a Roman two-storey stone building consisting of a series of small rooms. A church enclosing the House and Grave of the Virgin was erected in the 4th c. The site was described in the vision of a German nun in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century, was spotted, visited by Pope Paul IV in the 1960’s and officially declared by Pope John-Paul II in the 1980’s as a pilgrimage destination. The site continues to be particularly popular with pilgrims. |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/1209.3124], Ephesus: Double Christian church, the Church of Mary, 1872-1873
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