Beit Jimal
Beit Jimal or Beit Jamal is a Catholic monastery run by Salesian priests and brothers near Beit Shemesh, Israel. The Christian tradition identifies the site with the Roman- and Byzantine-era Jewish village of Caphargamala, and believe that inside a cave in the area, there is the tomb of Saint Stephen or to have conserved his relics.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 360 metres (1,180 feet)
- Description: place
- Also known as“Beit Gemal”“Beit Jemal”“Beit Jimal Monastery”“Beit-Jamal”
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Beit Jimal
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Latitude
31.72486° or 31° 43′ 30″ north
Longitude
34.97578° or 34° 58′ 33″ east
Open location code
8G3PPXFG+W8
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Beit Jimal” goes by many names.
الحكمةArabic
بيت جمالArabic
Klášter Bejt DžimalCzech
بيت جمالEgyptian Arabic
Beit JimalFinnish
בית ג’ימאלHebrew
בית ג’מאלHebrew
בית ג’מלHebrew
بیت جمالPersian
Klasztor Bajt JimalPolish
Beyt CemalTurkish
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