The House of the Virgin Mary is a small stone building on Mount Koressos, near the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey, that Christians venerate as the place where Mary spent her last years, and that Muslims also visit, honoring Mary as Maryam. Tradition says that the apostle John brought her to Ephesus, but there is no firm documentary evidence. The house was identified in the late 19th century, after the German nun Anne Catherine Emmerich described visions of the house, which were published after her death. Archaeologists found that the existing structure is a small chapel of the 6th or 7th century, possibly built on older foundations. Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI visited it. The Catholic Church allows pilgrimages without formally declaring it authentic.
Before and after
- 80 CEThe Colosseum is inaugurated
- 81 CEConstruction of Colosseum
- 82 CEConstruction of Arch of Titus
- from 85 CE to 700 CEOrigins of Vindolanda
- 1st centuryOrigins of House of the Virgin Mary
- 1st centuryOrigins of Frankfurt
- from 100 CE to 1200Ghana Empire
- from c. 100 CE to 700 CEMoche culture
- from 1st century to 7th centuryNazca culture
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- from 375 CE to 568 CEMigration Period
The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires.