La Géographie Ecclésiastique de L’Empire Byzantin: Le Siège de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Ecuménique
| Name of text: | La Géographie Ecclésiastique de L’Empire Byzantin: Le Siège de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Ecuménique |
| Author of text: | R. Janin |
| Date of text: | 1953 |
| Date of person in text: | 20th century |
| Name of structure in text: | S. Euphemia of the Hippodrome, Constantinople |
| Type of structure in text: | church/martyrium |
| Date of structure in text | Building 4th C, transformed into martyrium second half 5th-early 6th C |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Country in text: | Turkey |
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| City in text: | Constantinople |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Column bases |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Excavations in 1939-42, 45m north-east of the hippodrome, revealed the remains of this church. The wall at the bottom of two octagonal column bases was decorated with mosaics. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 5 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Unknown |
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| Bibliography: | Janin, R., La Géographie Ecclésiastique de L’Empire Byzantin: Le Siège de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Ecuménique, (Paris: Institut Français d’Études Byzantines, 1953), 3 vols,vol. 3 Les Églises et les Monastères, pp. 126-130, esp. p. 130 |
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| Comments: | There were actually five sanctuaries dedicated to S. Euphemia in Constantinople. This is No. 1 in the Janin book. Her remains were moved all over the place before ending up in Constantinople, probably between 734-40. |