Mar Elian
monastery · 2000 AD – 2099 AD
The beginnings of the early Christian monastery of Saint Elian at Al-Qaryatayn, Syria, are linked with the saint Julian of Emesa. The Medieval iteration of the monastery was badly damaged - or perhaps nearly destroyed - by Islamic State terrorists in 2015.
- Coordinates
- 34.23632, 37.22508
- Also known as
- Monastery of St. Elian (en), Monastery of St. Elian (en)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)