Saint Catherine’s Monastery

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Christian monastery Eastern Orthodox monastery UNESCO World Heritage Site tourist attraction

Saint Catherine’s Monastery is an ancient Eastern Orthodox monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt, renowned as one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited Christian monasteries and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saint Catherine Monastery	3
Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai	2
Monastery of Saint Catherine	1
Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai	1
Saint Catherine Area (Monastery and surrounding region)	1
Saint Catherine’s Monastery complex	1
Saint Catherine’s Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai	1
Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Saint Catherine’s Monastery)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian monastery ⓘ Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ surface form: Monastery of Saint Catherine Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ surface form: Saint Catherine’s Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai
architecturalStyle	Byzantine architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Mount Sinai ⓘ biblical story of Moses and the Burning Bush ⓘ
constructionCompleted	circa 565 ⓘ
constructionStarted	circa 548 ⓘ
contains	Basilica of the Transfiguration ⓘ Chapel of the Burning Bush ⓘ fortified walls ⓘ library ⓘ ossuary ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
foundedBy	Justinian I ⓘ surface form: Byzantine emperor Justinian I
foundedInCentury	6th century ⓘ
governedBy	autonomous Orthodox monastic community ⓘ
hasCollection	Byzantine icons ⓘ early Christian manuscripts ⓘ icon collection ⓘ illuminated manuscripts ⓘ
hasMonasticCommunity	Orthodox monks ⓘ
hasStatus	active monastery ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site in Egypt ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Greek ⓘ
locatedAt	foot of Mount Sinai ⓘ
locatedIn	Sinai Peninsula ⓘ South Sinai Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ
nearbySettlement	town of Saint Catherine ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited Christian monasteries ⓘ its ancient library ⓘ its association with the biblical Mount Sinai ⓘ its collection of early icons ⓘ
originalName	Saint Catherine’s Monastery self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai
patron	Justinian I ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Orthodox Church of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(i) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	2002 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageId	954 ⓘ
wallMaterial	granite ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Saint Catherine → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine Area (Monastery and surrounding region)

Saint Catherine’s Monastery → alsoKnownAs → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monastery of Saint Catherine

Saint Catherine’s Monastery → alsoKnownAs → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine’s Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai

Codex Sinaiticus → currentLocation → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai

Codex Sinaiticus → discoveredAt → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai

Saint Catherine → hasHeritageSite → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasMonument → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine’s Monastery complex

Saint Catherine → hasNearbyAttraction → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

Saint Catherine → hasReligiousSite → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

South Sinai Governorate → hasReligiousSite → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine Monastery

Saint Catherine → heritageDesignation → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Saint Catherine’s Monastery)

Jebel Musa → near → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine Monastery

Mount Sinai → nearbySite → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

Mount Catherine → nearestMajorReligiousSite → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine Monastery

Saint Catherine’s Monastery → originalName → Saint Catherine’s Monastery self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai

St. John Climacus → placeOfActivity → Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai