Antonite monastery Famagusta

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The ruins of the monastery church from the northeast
The east wall of the monastery church in front of the harbor wall
Floor plan 1899, Camille Enlart

The Antonite Monastery was a branch of the Antonite Order in Famagusta ( Northern Cyprus ) and was dedicated to St. Anthony the Great . It should not be confused with the Templars' convent in the city, also dedicated to Saint Anthony.

history

The founding date of the monastery and associated hospital is not known. In 1300 it was mentioned several times in connection with donations to the convent. On October 24, 1300, Simon, a former chaplain at the Church of Our Lady of Tortosa in Syria, entered the convent to lift the excommunication against him.

The art historian Enlart dates the construction of the monastery church directly on the inside of Famagusta's harbor wall to the years 1360–1370. The few remaining parts of the monastery buildings indicate the inclusion of older Byzantine components.

The convent probably perished as a result of the siege of Famagusta by the Ottomans in 1571. The destruction of the convent's buildings, in contrast to the numerous preserved sacred buildings in the city, is likely to be related to the proximity of the monastery to the harbor wall and the bombing of this area in the course of the conquest.

literature

  • Nicholas Coureas: The Latin Church in Cyprus 1195-1312 , Aldershot 1997, pp. 244f.
  • Camille Enlart (translated by David Hunt): Gothic Art and the Renaissance in Cyprus , Paris 1899 / London 1987, pp. 288–290.

Web links

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Coordinates: 35 ° 7 ′ 31 ″  N , 33 ° 56 ′ 40.3 ″  E