St. Stephen’s Basilica (Dominican)

The St. Stephen's Basilica or simply the Church of St. Stephen, also known by its French name, Saint-Étienne, is the name given to a Catholic church located outside the walls of the , on the road leading north to Nablus.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: Catholic church in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “St. Stephen’s Basilica, Jerusalem”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include French School of Biblical and Archeological Research and Damascus Gate.

College
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École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, commonly known as École Biblique, is a French academic establishment in specializing in archaeology and Biblical exegesis.

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The is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to , which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times… is situated 340 metres south of St. Stephen’s Basilica (Dominican).

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The is an ancient rock-cut tomb surrounded by a garden, right outside the walls of , that functions as a site of Christian pilgrimage attracting hundreds of thousands of annual visitors, especially Evangelicals and other , as some Protestant Christians consider it to be the empty tomb where Jesus of Nazareth resurrected.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bab az-Zahra and East Jerusalem.

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is an Arab neighborhood in , north of the . It is bordered by the American Colony to the north, to the east, and on its south, and Mas'udiyyah and to the west.

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is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.

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.

St. Stephen’s Basilica (Dominican)

Latitude
31.78469° or 31° 47′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.22986° or 35° 13′ 48″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6MH+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 321360436
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Wiki­data ID
Q1431922
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“St. Stephen’s Basilica (Dominican)” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس إسطفانوس (القدس)”
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس إسطفانوس”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة الدومنيكان”
  • Chinese: “聖斯德望聖殿”
  • Czech: “Bazilika svatého Štepána”
  • Dutch: “Stephanskirche”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه القديس ستيفن”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko de Sankta Stefano”
  • French: “basilique Saint-Étienne de Jérusalem”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Étienne de Jérusalem”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Étienne”
  • German: “Ag. Stephanos Kirche”
  • German: “Kapelle von der Ohnmacht Unserer Lieben Frau”
  • German: “Stephanskirche”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר סנט אטיין”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Santo Stefanus, Yerusalem”
  • Italian: “basilica di Santo Stefano”
  • Italian: “Basilica di Santo Stefano”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stefanskirken”
  • Norwegian: “Stefanskirken”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Szczepana w Jerozolimie”
  • Romanian: “Bazilica Sfântul Ștefan din Ierusalim”
  • Russian: “Базилика святого Стефана в Иерусалиме”
  • Russian: “Базилика Святого Стефана в Иерусалиме”
  • Spanish: “basilica de San Esteban”
  • Spanish: “basílica de San Esteban”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de San Esteban”
  • Turkish: “Saint Etienne Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква святого Стефана”

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