The Byzantine Church of the Nutrition in Nazareth Rediscovered

Bibliographic Data

ID10329588
AuthorsKen Dark (University of Reading, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume144
Issue3
Pages164-184
Publication date2012-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePalestine Exploration Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-0328 • E-ISSN: 1743-1301
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/0031032812z.00000000013
OpenAlexW2136440052
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

Although Nazareth has usually been seen by scholars as a relatively minor Byzantine pilgrimage centre, it contained perhaps the most important ‘lost’ Byzantine church in the Holy Land, the Church of the Nutrition ‐ according to De Locis Sanctis built over the house where it was believed that Jesus Christ had been a child. This article, part of a series of final interim reports of the PEF-funded ‘Nazareth Archaeological Project’, presents evidence that this church has been discovered at the present Sisters of Nazareth convent in central Nazareth. The scale of the church and its surrounding structures suggests that Nazareth was a much larger, and more important, centre for Byzantine-period pilgrimage than previously supposed. The church was used in the Crusader period, after a phase of desertion, prior to destruction by fire, probably in the 13th century

Ancient history · Byzantine architecture · Palestine · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · History

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