Roman temple and sanctuary at Deir Mar Touma (Monastery of St.

Aliquot¹ lists this site under the heading Saidnaya, but the south facing temple and its sanctuary are actually in the ruined portion of the monastery of St. Thomas about 2km. north of the convent complex of Saidnaya. The earler temple like tomb converted into a church most probably in the V century.

See:

1. Halûk Çetinkaya: Church of Deir Mar Touma:A Roman TombTurned into a Church at Saidnaya (Syria)-http://actual-art.org/files/sb/07/Cetinkaya.pdf

Bronverwijzingen

1. ↑Aliquot, Julien. “Antiliban est”. La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain. By Aliquot. Beyrouth : Presses de l’Ifpo, 2009. (pp. 312-315).