St. Peter's Cathedral (Caesarea Maritima)
The St. Peter Cathedral is the ruin of a former Episcopal church in Caesarea Maritima in today's Israel . At the time of the Crusaders it was the seat of the Archbishop of Caesarea .
history
St. Peter was built by the crusaders in the 12th century at the place where, according to tradition, the Roman captain Cornelius was the first non-Jew to be baptized Christian by the apostle Simon Peter . On February 2, 1218, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem celebrated the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Church together with six other bishops . In the course of the conquest of Caesarea by the Mameluks , Sultan Baibars I set up his headquarters in the cathedral, while he commanded the siege and storming of the crusader garrison. After the citadel was conquered, the cathedral and all other important buildings in the city were also destroyed.
Buildings and plant
St. Peter was probably built in the form of a basilica of five bays . It had three naves, each closed with an apse . The main apse protruded from the side apses. Only the eastern part of this church has survived with the three apses up to a height of a few meters.
literature
- Denys Pringle: The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Volume 1 (A-K), Cambridge 1993.
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Coordinates: 32 ° 30 ′ 3.3 " N , 34 ° 53 ′ 31.4" E