Church of the Holy Apostles

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Byzantine church demolished building imperial church

The Church of the Holy Apostles was a major Byzantine imperial church in Constantinople that served as the traditional burial site for emperors, including Constantine the Great.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople 2
Church of the Holy Apostles (Constantinian structure) 1
Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine church ⓘ
demolished building ⓘ
imperial church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
surface form: Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople

Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
surface form: Holy Apostles
architecturalPlan cruciform plan ⓘ
associatedWith Byzantine court ritual ⓘ
Byzantine imperial ceremonies ⓘ
burialPlaceOf Constantinus Magnus ⓘ
surface form: Constantine the Great

Constantius II ⓘ
Justinian I ⓘ
Theodosius I ⓘ
other Byzantine emperors ⓘ
cityQuarter Fatih district ⓘ
surface form: Fatih district of Istanbul
commissionedBy Constantinus Magnus ⓘ
surface form: Constantine the Great
culturalSignificance important site for Byzantine funerary art ⓘ
major monument of Byzantine architecture ⓘ
dedicatedTo Twelve Apostles ⓘ
demolishedBy Ottoman authorities ⓘ
demolishedInCentury 15th century ⓘ
denomination Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
feature five domes ⓘ
foundedBy Constantinus Magnus ⓘ
surface form: Constantine the Great
function burial site of Byzantine emperors ⓘ
imperial mausoleum ⓘ
historicalRole symbol of imperial power in Constantinople ⓘ
traditional burial site for Byzantine emperors ⓘ
influenced later cross-in-square church designs ⓘ
locatedIn Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Istanbul ⓘ
locatedInCountry Byzantine Empire ⓘ
locatedInPresentDayCountry Turkey ⓘ
notableFeature imperial mausolea surrounding the church ⓘ
sarcophagus of Constantine the Great ⓘ
partOf imperial ceremonial topography of Constantinople ⓘ
rebuiltAfter Church of the Holy Apostles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Church of the Holy Apostles (Constantinian structure)
rebuiltBy Justinian I ⓘ
rebuiltInCentury 6th century ⓘ
rebuiltInStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
surface form: Justinianic architecture
relativeImportance second only to Hagia Sophia in Constantinople ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
replacedBy Fatih Mosque ⓘ
siteNowOccupiedBy Fatih Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Fatih Mosque complex
statusAfter1453 fell into disrepair under Ottoman rule ⓘ
usedAs patriarchal church at times ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of the Holy Apostles → alsoKnownAs → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Apostles
Church of the Holy Apostles → alsoKnownAs → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople
Emperor Constantine IV → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
subject surface form: Constantine IV
Roman emperor Constantine the Great → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
subject surface form: Constantine the Great
Constantinus Magnus → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople
Constantius II → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
Justinian I → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
Emperor Marcian → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
subject surface form: Marcian
Eastern Roman emperor Zeno → burialPlace → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
subject surface form: Zeno
Byzantine architecture → notableExample → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
Heraclius → placeOfBurial → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople
Empress Pulcheria → placeOfBurial → Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
subject surface form: Pulcheria
Church of the Holy Apostles → rebuiltAfter → Church of the Holy Apostles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Church of the Holy Apostles (Constantinian structure)