Hagia Sophia (disambiguation)

Hagia Sophia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 537 as the Greek Orthodox patriarchal cathedral, later becoming a Roman Catholic cathedral, then a Sunni mosque, then a museum. It currently functions as a mosque.

Hagia Sophia or Saint Sophia may also refer to:

  • The Greek for Holy Wisdom, a concept in Christian theology

Saints

  • Saint Sophia of Egypt, Coptic martyr, feast day 5th of Tout (Coptic calendar)
  • Saint Sophia of Milan, feast day 17 September
  • Saint Sophia of Rome, martyr, feast day 15 May
  • Saint Sophia of Sortino (Sicily), martyr, feast day 23 September
  • Saint Sofia of Suzdal (died 1542), see Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova
  • Saint Sophia of Slutsk (died 1612), see Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill

Churches

In Australia

  • Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Sydney (1928), a Greek Orthodox cathedral in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
  • St Sophia Greek Orthodox Church (c.1980s), a Greek Orthodox church in Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales

In Belarus

In Bulgaria

In China

In Cyprus

  • Saint Sophia Cathedral, Nicosia (11th century), a former church in Nicosia; now a mosque since 1570

In Greece

In Italy

  • Santa Sofia (Benevento) (8th century), a church in Benevento
  • Santa Sofia, Naples (1487), a church in Naples
  • Santa Sofia Church (Padua) (10th century), a church in Padua
  • Santa Sofia a Via Boccea (1968), a church in Rome
  • Santa Sofia (Venice) (11th century), a church in Venice

In North Macedonia

  • Saint Sophia, Ohrid (9th century), a church in Ohrid

In Russia

In Turkey

  • Little Hagia Sophia (6th century), originally a church in Istanbul, now a mosque[1]
  • Hagia Sophia, Iznik (6th century), originally a church in Nicaea, now a mosque[2]
  • Hagia Sophia, Trabzon (13th century), originally a church in Trabzon, now a mosque[3]

In Ukraine

In the United Kingdom

  • Saint Sophia (London) (1882), a cathedral in London

In the United States

Places

Other uses

  • Santa Sofia (grape), an Italian wine grape that is also known as Fiano
  • SS Sussex, an 1896 cross-English Channel passenger ferry also known as Aghia Sophia

See also

  1. "Little Hagia Sophia Mosque". Istanbul Tour Studio. TÜRSAB. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. "The Church That Politics Turned Into a Mosque". International Herald Tribune. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2017 via The New York Times.
  3. Eden, Caroline. "Turkey's other Hagia Sophia, in Trabzon". The Guardian.
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