Church of Saint Catherine, Thessaloniki

The Church of Saint Catherine (Greek: Αγία Αικατερίνη) is a late Byzantine church in the northwestern corner of the Ano Poli, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Church of St. Catherine

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
Part of	Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv)
Reference	456-011
Inscription	1988 (12th Session)
Area	0.083 ha (0.21 acres)
Coordinates	40°38′35.5″N 22°56′39.5″E
Location of Church of Saint Catherine, Thessaloniki in Greece

History

The church dates to the Palaiologan period, but its exact dating and original dedication are unknown. From its interior decoration, which survives in fragments and is dated to ca. 1315, it has been suggested that it was the katholikon of the Monastery of the Almighty. It was converted to a mosque by Yakup Pasha in the reign of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481–1512) and named after him Yakup Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Yakup Paşa Camii). In 1988, it was included among the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki on the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.^[1]

See also

• History of Roman and Byzantine domes
• Hagios Demetrios