Saint Saviours Church

The Monastery of Saint Saviour is a Franciscan monastery housing the headquarters of the and located on 1 Saint Francis Street, east of the in the Old City of .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: Catholic Franciscan monastery in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Monastery of Saint Saviour”, “Monastery of St Saviour”, “St Saviour’s Monastery”, and “St Saviour’s Monastery, Jerusalem”
  • Address: 1 Saint Francis Street, Jerusalem, 9120402

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and New Gate.

Church
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The , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the of the of . is situated 240 metres east of Saint Saviours Church.

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The is the newest of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built in 1889 by the Ottomans under the directorship of the French consul and Franciscan brotherhood monkship order to provide direct access between the and the new neighborhoods then going up outside the walls. is situated 120 metres west of Saint Saviours Church.

City gate
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is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. The name is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in the city wall adjacent to it to the south. is situated 260 metres south of Saint Saviours Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jerusalem and Christian Quarter.

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is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of , the other three being the , the and the .

Suburb
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is a formerly Ottoman neighborhood in what is now . It is bordered by the Israeli neighborhoods of and to the north, by the and Kikar Safra to the west, and by Mamilla mall to the south, and the Old City to the east.

Saint Saviours Church

Latitude
31.77901° or 31° 46′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.22739° or 35° 13′ 39″ east
Inception
1885
Roof shape
hipped
Open location code
8G3QQ6HG+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 106249447
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q997715
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Saint Saviours Church” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير القديس المخلص”
  • Arabic: “دير المخلص”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس المخلص”
  • Breton: “Iliz Sant Salver”
  • Chinese: “圣救主修道院”
  • Czech: “svatý Spasitel”
  • German: “Salvatorkirche”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר סן סלוודור”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Megváltó-kolostor”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Penyelamat Kudus”
  • Italian: “Convento di San Salvatore”
  • Japanese: “聖救世主修道院”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Najświętszego Zbawiciela w Jerozolimie”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea franciscană „Saint Saviour””
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de San Salvador”
  • Urdu: “خانقاہ مقدس مخلص”

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