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Basilica of St. Epiphanios

Salamis/Constantia, Famagusta District · In the area occupied by Turkey since 1974

Basilica of St. Epiphanios: a church in Salamis/Constantia, Famagusta District, in the area occupied by Turkey since 1974. 4 dated records of work on it, 1958 to 1969, with sources.

What was done when

4 records
  1. 1958

    Next to the great basilica a smaller building was entirely re-exposed by A. I. Dikigoropoulos.

    Excavation

    As printed

    “Touchant à la grande Basilique de Saint-Épiphane, un bâtiment de moindre dimension (fig. 18) a été entièrement redécouvert par A. I. Dikigoropoulos.”

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1958», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 83 (1959), pp. 336-361, p. 352

  2. 1959

    An opus sectile pavement of a later period of rebuilding was cleared and was being consolidated; finds there included marble baptismal fonts and a gypsum plaque carved in the Byzantine style of the eleventh century.

    Excavation

    As printed

    “Un dallage en opus seclile datant d'une période de reconstructions ultérieures a été déblayé et est en voie de consolidation. Parmi les trouvailles faites en cet endroit, signalons des fonts baptismaux en marbre et une plaque de gypse sculptée dans le style byzantin du xie siècle”

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles à Chypre», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 84 (1960), pp. 242-299, p. 290

  3. 1959

    Excavation resumed on the site of the basilica under the direction of A. I. Dikigoropoulos.

    Excavation

    As printed

    “Les fouilles ont été reprises cette année sur le site de la basilique de Saint-Epiphanios sous la direction de Mr A. I. Dikigoropoulos.”

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles à Chypre», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 84 (1960), pp. 242-299, p. 288

  4. 1969

    The mosaic pavements of the basilica were consolidated.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “Des travaux de consolidation ont aussi été effectués dans les pavements en mosaïque de la Basilique de Saint Epiphanios”

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1969», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 94 (1970), pp. 191-300, p. 300

In the literature

2
  1. Undated

    Early Christian basilica in Constantia (Salamis).

    As printed

    “the spacious basilica of St. Epiphanios.”

    Vassos Karageorghis, "The Forerunners of Famagusta Enkomi-Salamis", Cyprus Today vol. 20, no. 2 (May–August 1982), pp. 19–24, p. 23.

  2. Undated

    Early Christian basilica in Constantia where Bishop Epiphanios was buried in 403; converted into a mosque after Arab conquest.

    As printed

    “he was buried in the city’s Basilica, today considered one of the most important early Christian monuments of Cyprus”

    Anon., "Famagusta: Regal Capital", Cyprus Today vol. 48, no. 3 (July–September 2010), pp. 5–21, p. 9.

Sources

  1. 1.Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles à Chypre», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 84 (1960), pp. 242-299, p. 290
  2. 2.Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1969», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 94 (1970), pp. 191-300, p. 300
  3. 3.Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles à Chypre», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 84 (1960), pp. 242-299, p. 288
  4. 4.Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1958», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 83 (1959), pp. 336-361, p. 352
  5. 5.Vassos Karageorghis, "The Forerunners of Famagusta Enkomi-Salamis", Cyprus Today vol. 20, no. 2 (May–August 1982), pp. 19–24, p. 23.
  6. 6.Anon., "Famagusta: Regal Capital", Cyprus Today vol. 48, no. 3 (July–September 2010), pp. 5–21, p. 9.

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