SPEAR Factoids about Holy Places

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event: Many miracles came about through the prayers and the bones of Zacharias. See factoid page


event: In 345/6 A. Gr. 657 Abraham built the House of the Confessors in Edessa . See factoid page


event: In 369/70 A. Gr. 681 the great House of Baptism of Edessa was built. See factoid page


event: In September A. D. 373 Elul A. Gr. 684 people fled the Church of Edessa because of the persecution of Arians . See factoid page


event: In December A.D. 377 December A.D. 378 The orthodox recovered the Church of Edessa . Hallier rightly points out that chronicler made an error in the date. Instead of December 377, it should be December 378. See factoid page


event: After 379/80 the year Theodosius the Great became king Eulogios built the House of Mar Daniel which was called the House of Mar Demet . See factoid page


event: Abraham, Cyriac, Barhadbshabba, and Sergius abolished paganism, overthrew idolatry, uprooted altars, destroyed shrines, and cut down trees in ardent religious zeal in the high mountainous region of Asia. See factoid page


event: In 403/4 A. Gr. 720 Mar Diogenis began to build the House of Mar Barlāhā . See factoid page


event: In 411/2 A. Gr. 723 Rabbula built in Edessa the House of Mar Stephanos previously called the House of the Sabbath of the Jews of Edessa by the command of Theodosius . See factoid page


event: After 8 August A. D. 435 8 Āb A. Gr. 746 Hiba built the new church which came to be called the House of the Apostles . See factoid page


event: In 437/8 A. Gr. 749 Senator bought a silver table weighing 720 pounds and it was placed in the old Church of Edessa . See factoid page


event: After 21 July 448 21 Tāmmuz A. Gr. 759 Nonos built a sacristy in the Church of Edessa . The dates of Hiba's exile and Nonos' first episcopate are confused here. See factoid page


event: After 28 October A. D. 457 28 Teshri I A. Gr. 769 Nonos built the House of John the Baptist in Edessa . See factoid page


event: After 28 October A. D. 457 28 Teshri I A. Gr. 769 Nonos built the House of Martyrs to Mar Cosmas and Mar Damian . See factoid page


event: During the seige of Edessa in September A. D. 503 Elul A. Gr. 814 Kavad burned the House of Mar Sergius and the House of the Confessors . The following factoids deal with closely related events: 8559-420, 8559-421 The following factoids deal with closely related events: 8559-420, 8559-421 See factoid page


event: Paul entered a cave filled with malignant fiends and planted a cross and hung up relics of saints. See factoid page


event: Paul made an altar and a chapel in his cave. See factoid page


event: Qunā laid the foundations of the Church of Edessa in 312/3 A. Gr. 624 . See factoid page


event: After 312/3 A. Gr. 624 , Shaʿad finished building the Church of Edessa . See factoid page


event: Aitalaha built the cemetery and the eastern side of the Church of Edessa in 324/5 A. Gr. 636 . The text seems to be confused regarding the relative dates of several events in this section. See factoid page


event: In 327/8 A. Gr. 639 the Church of Edessa was enlarged. See factoid page


How to cite:

“Keyword Page for Holy Places,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, https://dev.spear-prosop.org/aggregate/taxonomy/holy-places.html, 2025-07-01.

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