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Church of Saint Catherine ( ) is a late Byzantine church in the northwestern corner of the old city of Thessaloniki , Greece .1The 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 ( ). In 1988, it was included among the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki on the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO .2
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The Church of Saint Catherine ( ) is a late Byzantine church in the northwestern corner of the Ano Poli , Thessaloniki , Greece . 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 ( ). In 1988, it was included among the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki on the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO .
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The Church of Saint Catherine ( ) is a late Byzantine church in the northwestern corner of the Ano Poli , Thessaloniki , Greece .
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The Church of Saint Catherine ( Greek : Αγία Αικατερίνη ) is a late Byzantine church in the northwestern corner of the Ano Poli , Thessaloniki , Greece .
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late byzantine church in the northwestern corner of the old city of thessaloniki
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late byzantine -era greek orthodox church in the northwestern corner of the ano poli
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