E05099: Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) renovated a great number of monasteries in the region of Jerusalem (and elsewhere in the East), many of them dedicated to saints. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s.
Creators: name: Dlambert
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2018
Subjects: History

description: Procopius, On Buildings, 5.9<br><br>Procopius lists monasteries that the emperor Justinian renovated in Palestine and the rest of the East.<br><br>Μοναστήρια μὲν οὖν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἀνενεώσατο τάδε.<br>1 τὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Θαλελαίου.<br>2 τὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Γρηγορίου.<br>3 τὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Παντελεήμονος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.<br>4 Ξένωνα ἐν Ἰεριχῷ.<br>5 ἐκκλησίαν τῆς θεοτόκου ἐν Ἰεριχῷ.<br>6 τὸ τῶν Ἰβήρων ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις.<br>7 τὸ τῶν Λαζῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Ἱεροσολύμων.<br>8 τὸ τῆς ἁγίας Μαρίας ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῶν Ἐλαιῶν.<br>9 τὸ τῆς πηγῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Ἐλισσαίου ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις.<br>10 τὸ Σιλέθεως.<br>11 τὸ τοῦ ἀββᾶ Ῥωμανοῦ.<br>12 ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τὸ τεῖχος ἀνενέωσε.<br>13 τὸ τοῦ ἀββᾶ Ἰωάννου ἐν Βηθλεέμ.<br>14 Φρέατα δὲ ἢ δεξαμενὰς ᾠκοδομήσατο οὕτως·<br>15 εἰς τὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Σαμουὴλ φρέαρ καὶ τεῖχος.<br>16 εἰς τὸ τοῦ ἀββᾶ Ζαχαρίου φρέαρ.<br>17 εἰς τὸ Σωσάννης φρέαρ.<br>18 εἰς τὸ Ἀφελίου φρέαρ.<br>19 εἰς τὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ φρέαρ.<br>20 εἰς τὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Σεργίου ἐν ὄρει καλουμένῳ Κισσερῶν φρέαρ.<br>21 τὸ τεῖχος Τιβεριάδος.<br>22 τὸ ἐν Βόστρᾳ πτωχεῖον.<br><br>23 Φοινίκης·<br>τὸν οἶκον τῆς θεοτόκου ἐν Πορφυρεῶνι.<br>24 μοναστήριον τοῦ ἁγίου Φωκᾶ ἐν ὄρει.<br>25 τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἁγίου Σεργίου ἐν Πτολεμαΐδι.<br>26 ἐν Δαμασκῷ οἶκον τοῦ ἁγίου Λεοντίου.<br>27 ἀπὸ Ἀπάμειαν πτωχεῖον τοῦ ἁγίου Ῥωμανοῦ ἀνενεώσατο.<br>28 τεῖχος τοῦ μακαρίου Μάρωνος.<br>29 ὑπὸ Θεούπολιν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν Δάφνης ἀνενέωσεν.<br>30 ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ τὸν ἁγίου Ἰωάννου ἀνενέωσε.<br><br>31 Μεσοποταμίας·<br>μοναστήριον τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου ἀνενέωσε.<br>32 μοναστήρια Δέλφραξις, Ζηβίνου, Θεοδότου, Ἰωάννου. Σαρμαθῆς, Κυρήνου, Βεγαδαίου.<br>33 μοναστήριον εἰς τὸ Ἀπάδνας ἐν Ἰσαυρίᾳ.<br>34 πόλεως Κουρίκου λουτρὸν καὶ πτωχεῖον ἀνενέωσε.<br>35 τὸ πτωχεῖον τοῦ ἁγίου Κόνωνος.<br>36 τὸν ἀγωγὸν αὐτοῦ ἀνενέωσεν ἐν Κύπρῳ.<br>37 οἶκον τοῦ ἁγίου Κοσμᾶ καὶ Δαμιανοῦ ἐν Παμφυλίᾳ.<br>38 πτωχεῖον τοῦ ἁγίου Μιχαὴλ ἐν Ἐμπορίῳ ἐπίκλην ἐπινείου πόλεως Πέργης τῆς Παμφυλίας.<br><br><br>'These, then, were the monasteries (monasteria) restored in Jerusalem:<br><br>that of Saint *Thalelaios; [presumably either the monk of Syria, S00375, or the martyr of Aigai in Cilicia, S01137]<br><br>that of Saint *Gregorios; [identity uncertain]<br><br>that of Saint *Panteleemon in the desert of Jordan; [presumably the martyr of Nicomedia, S00596]<br><br>a hospice (xenon) in Jericho;<br><br>a church (ekklesia) of the Theotokos in Jericho; [*Mary the mother of Christ, S00033]<br><br>the [monastery] of the Iberians in Jerusalem;<br><br>that of the Lazi in the desert of Jerusalem;<br><br>that of Saint *Mary on the Mount of Olives; [S00033]<br><br>that of the Spring of Saint *Elissaeos in Jerusalem; [presumably Elisha, the Old Testament prophet, S00239]<br><br>that of Siletheos;<br><br>that of abba Romanos;<br><br>at Bethlehem he restored the wall;<br><br>that of abba Johannes in Bethlehem.<br><br><br>He also built wells or cisterns as follows:<br><br>at the [monastery] of Saint *Samuel, a well and a wall; [presumably the Old Testament prophet, S01429]<br><br>at that of abba Zacharias, a well;<br><br>at that of Susanna, a well;<br><br>at that of Aphelios, a well;<br><br>at that of Saint *John on the Jordan, a well; [the Baptist, S00020]<br><br>at that of Saint *Sergios on the mountain called Kisseron, a well; [presumably the soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023]<br><br>the wall of Tiberias;<br><br>the poorhouse in Bostra.<br><br><br>In Phoenicia:<br><br>the house (oikos) of the Theotokos in Porphyreôn; [*Mary the mother of Christ, S00033]<br><br>the monastery of Saint *Phokas on the Mount; [presumably the martyr of Antioch, S00413]<br><br>the house (oikos) of Saint *Sergios in Ptolemaïs; [presumably the soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023]<br><br>in Damascus, the house of Saint *Leontios; [presumably the martyr of Tripolis, S00216]<br><br>near Apamea, he restored the poor-house (ptocheion) of Saint *Romanos; [presumably the martyr of Antioch, S00120]<br><br>the wall 'of the blessed *Maron (tou makariou Maronos); [perhaps the early 5th c. monk of Syria, S00365]<br><br>near Theopolis [= Antioch], he restored the church of Daphne;<br><br>in Laodicea, he restored the (monastery) of Saint *John. [presumably either the Baptist, S00020, or the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042 ]<br><br><br>In Mesopotamia he restored a monastery of Saint *John; [probably the Baptist, $00020]<br><br>the monasteries of Delphrachis, Zebinos, Theodotos, Johannes, Sarmathê, Kyrenos, Begadaios; <br><br>a monastery of Apadnas in Isauria; <br><br>at the city of Corycus, he restored a bath and a poorhouse, the poorhouse (ptocheion) of Saint *Konon; [probably the martyr of Isauria, S00430]<br> <br>He renewed the aqueduct of the same [Saint *Konon] in Cyprus; <br><br>The house (oikos) of Saints *Kosmas and Damianos in Pamphylia; [brothers, physicians and martyrs of Syria, S00385]<br> <br>The poorhouse (ptocheion) of Saint *Michael in the Emporium, as it is called, of the harbour-city of Perge in Pamphylia.' [the Archangel, S00181]<br><br><br>Text: Haury 1913. Translation: J. Doroszewska.