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                    Jerusalem (Mount of Olives) - Gethsemane - St. Leontius
            
      
      Church Name, type, function
      Site Name:&nbsp;Jerusalem (Mount of Olives) - GethsemaneIdentification:&nbsp;Alliata and Yeger (2022) suggested to identify this chapel, uncovered at Gethsemane near the tri-apsidal Agony Church, and dated by them  to the 7th c., with St. Leontius church mentioned in the Georgian Lectionary (5th-8th c.), Georgian Calendar (both for Nov. 14th), Commemoratorium de casis Dei (808 CE) and Bernard the Monk (ca. 870 CE). The church was renovated in the Umayyad period (7th-8th c.), and abandoned in the 9th-10th c. According to the Georgian Lectionary and Georgian Calendar, this was a building of Aphronius, near Gethsemane. The deposition of the bones of St. Leontius were celebrated there on Nov. 14. Church name:&nbsp;St. LeontiusFunctional Type:&nbsp;MemorialDedication:&nbsp;St. LeontiusChurch type:&nbsp;Chapel
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      Coordinates, ITM system:&nbsp;
  
    172,813.001,131,840.00  

Coordinates, ICS system:&nbsp;
  
    222,817.00631,841.00  

Geographical region:&nbsp;Jerusalem Mount of OlivesTopographical location:&nbsp;Near the foot of Mt. of Olives. At the northern end of the Franciscan Gethsemane Garden and at the foot of the Franciscan Agony Church.Bishopric:&nbsp;Jerusalem
      Source of knowledge
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                    Jerusalem (Mount of Olives) - Gethsemane - St. Leontius
            
      
  Source:&nbsp;

 Comm. de casis Dei 


Abbreviation for Journals and SeriesParagraph:&nbsp;I.15Translation:&nbsp;... in St. Leontia: 1 priest. 
Bibliografical ref.:&nbsp;
 BibliographyPages 

 McCormick, M., 2011202-203 
 Comm. de casis Dei 
 Comm. de casis Dei 


Summary:&nbsp;A church in the valley of Jehoshaphat, in the country place that is called Gethsemane.
  
  
                    Jerusalem (Mount of Olives) - Gethsemane - St. Leontius
            
      
  Source:&nbsp;

 Bernardus Monachus, It. 


Abbreviation for Journals and SeriesParagraph:&nbsp;316/13Translation:&nbsp;There is another church in the Valley of Jehoshaphat which is in honour of St. Leontius, and to this the Lord is said to be coming for judgement.
Bibliografical ref.:&nbsp;
 BibliographyPages 

 Wilkinson, J., 1977144 


Summary:&nbsp;A church in honor of St. Leontius in the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
  
  
                    Jerusalem (Mount of Olives) - Gethsemane - St. Leontius
            
      
  Source:&nbsp;

 Lect. Georg. Hier. 


Abbreviation for Journals and SeriesParagraph:&nbsp;November 14Translation:&nbsp;In the building of Aphronius near Gethsemane, commemoration of St. Leontius... 
Bibliografical ref.:&nbsp;
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 Alliata, E. and Yeger, D., 202263*, note 25 


Summary:&nbsp;In the building of Aphronius near Gethsemane, commemoration of St. Leontius... 
  
  
                    Jerusalem (Mount of Olives) - Gethsemane - St. Leontius
            
      
  Source:&nbsp;

 Garitte, G., 1958 


Abbreviation for Journals and SeriesParagraph:&nbsp;November 14Translation:&nbsp;In the building of Aphronius near Gethsemane, commemoration of St. Leontius... 
Bibliografical ref.:&nbsp;
 BibliographyPages 

 Alliata, E. and Yeger, D., 202263*, note 26 


Summary:&nbsp;In the building of Aphronius near Gethsemane, commemoration of St. Leontius... 

  
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            A burial inscription near the apse.
          
              
      Archaeological remains
      Excavated siteExcavators:&nbsp;
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 Alliata and Yeger2020 


History:&nbsp;The chapel, dated to the first half of te 7th c., was identified with St. Leontius church mentioned in the Georgian Lectionary and Calendar (Nov. 14th, deposition of relics), Commemoratorium de casis Dei (808 CE), and Bernard the Wise (ca. 870 CE). According to the Georgian Lectionary and Georgian Calendar, this was a building of Aphronius, near Gethsemane.  Bibliograpy:&nbsp;

 Alliata, E. and Yeger, D., 2022 


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      General description
      State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:&nbsp;An apse open to a nave paved by stone slabs. No bema was observed. The apse was mosaic paved and its wall was decorated by frescos. On the outside of the apse a simple cist tomb with a skeleton of an adult male was excavated. It is dated to the earliest stage of the church.

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      Architectural Evolution
      
 Phase name (as published)General outlineDating materialPhase no.CenturyWithin centurySubphase A - CenturySubphase B - CenturySubphase A - Within centurySubphase B - Within century 

 Strata IXAlliata and Yeger (2022) dated the chapel to the 7th c., pre-Muslim conquest.Inscription dated to the Byzantine period
Phase 17th c.First half 
 Strata VIIIThe chapel was renovated and repaired in the Umayyad period (7th-8th c). Two sub-phases were observed. The first - of repairs and additions. The apse mosaics were replaced by stone slabs. A staircase was installed to the north. The inscription seems to belong to this sub-phase. In sub-phase B a cist tomb penetrated the limestone floor of Phase 1.  Phase 27th-8th c.8th c.8th c.EarlyMid 
 The structure was abandoned during the 2nd half of the 8th c., at the earliest.A post reform Ummayad coin dated to the years 708-717 CE was uncovered under the inscription. 
Abandonment8th c.Second half 


Post Arab conquest history:&nbsp;ModifiedPost conquest history comments:&nbsp;The chapel was renovated and modified in the Umayyad period (7th-8th c). Abandoned in the 2nd half of the 8th c., at the earliest. Perhapse later, in the 9th-10th c. It was not active anypore during the Crusaders period. 
  
  
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