Saint Catherine's Monastery

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Saint_Catherine's_Monastery

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Sacred_Monastery_of_the_God-Trodden_Mount_Sinai
gptkbp:architecturalStyle	Byzantine
gptkbp:city	gptkb:Saint_Catherine
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:library gptkb:manuscript gptkb:Chapel_of_the_Burning_Bush icon collection
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:dedicatedTo	gptkb:Saint_Catherine_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:elevation	1,586 meters
gptkbp:foundedIn	6th century
gptkbp:founder	Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
gptkbp:governorate	gptkb:South_Sinai_Governorate
gptkbp:hasLibrary	second largest collection of early codices and manuscripts in the world
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Saint Catherine's Monastery
gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Greek gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Latin gptkb:Persian gptkb:Old_Nubian gptkb:Church_Slavonic gptkb:Ge'ez gptkb:Sogdian gptkb:Syriac gptkb:Arabic_Karshuni gptkb:Ossetic gptkb:Udi Armenian Georgian Coptic Ethiopic Slavonic
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula
gptkbp:near	gptkb:Mount_Sinai
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Codex_Sinaiticus gptkb:manuscript continuous monastic life since foundation oldest working Christian monastery unique collection of icons
gptkbp:openToPublic	yes
gptkbp:patriarchate	gptkb:Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem
gptkbp:protectedBy	gptkb:Decree_of_Prophet_Muhammad_(Ashtiname_of_Muhammad)
gptkbp:religiousAffiliation	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria	Cultural: i, iii, iv, vi
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	2002 yes
gptkbp:website	https://www.sinaimonastery.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Codex_Sinaiticus gptkb:Mount_Sinai gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula gptkb:John_of_Sinai gptkb:John_of_the_Ladder gptkb:Orthodox_Church_of_Sinai
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5