The monastery of Saint Barnabas (or Ayios Barnabas) was a church on the island of Cyprus, located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Constantia.[1] The site is today within Northern Cyprus and functions as a museum.[2]
The original shrine church was founded in the late fifth century, perhaps in 477,[2] when the Emperor Zeno financed the construction of a basilica near the spot where the body of Barnabas was discovered by Archbishop Anthemius.[1] Funding was also provided by local notables. The church had a timber roof and included stoas, gardens, aqueducts, and hostels intended for receiving pilgrims. It may have been expected that pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem might stop in Constantia and visit the shrine.[3] The sixth-century Laudatio Barnabae describes the new tomb of Barnabas as decorated with silver and marble.[1] It also attested the existence of a monastic community living beside the shrine. The relics were eventually moved to the basilica of Saint Epiphanius in Constantia.[4]
Two buildings were added to the complex during the reign of Justinian I (527–565) by the next archbishop, Philoxenos, who left a short inscription recording his work.[5] In the late seventh century, the basilica was destroyed during Arab raids.[2]
Today, what remains of the original basilica is incorporated in the east end of a newer vaulted basilica of the cross-in-square type, built around 900.[6] The church has three aisles and two flat domes on tall drums.[2] It may have been the residence of the archbishops for a couple centuries after the abandonment of Constantia in the late eighth century.[7]
Although the second construction remained standing throughout the centuries and continued function as a pilgrimage church,[8] the continuity of the monastic community, although possible, cannot be demonstrated.[9] Wilbrand of Oldenburg visited the church in the 13th century, noting that the city around it was "destroyed".[10] In 1735, Vasil Grigorovich-Barsky visited the site and drew a sketch of the cloisters, courtyards and outbuildings.[4] The current form of the buildings is a result of work done in 1756 by Archbishop Philotheos. Between 1971 and 1974, the monastery had three monks who made their living by selling honey and painting icons. The monastery was abandoned following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[2]
No longer hosting a monastic community, the church today function as a museum of icons. The former cloisters host an archaeological museum with artefacts going back to the neolithic.[2]
^ abcLoverance 2018.
^ abcdefMajle & Paseczny 2016, p. 137.
^Metcalf 2009, pp. 310, 340.
^ abMetcalf 2009, p. 310.
^Metcalf 2009, pp. 215, 310.
^Metcalf 2009, p. 310, refers to the wall being incorporated in the new construction "possibly quite quickly" after its destruction. Loverance 2018, refers to the east end and dates the new work to about 900. Majle & Paseczny 2016, p. 137, say only the foundation survived and mention no rebuilding before the 18th century.
^Metcalf 2009, p. 492.
^Huffman 2015, p. 240 n19, refers to the "exhaustive evidence for the survival of the pilgrimage church".
^Metcalf 2009, p. 519.
^Huffman 2015, pp. 239–240.
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