{"slug": "church-of-the-holy-apostles", "label": "Church of the Holy Apostles", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q586568", "qid": "Q586568", "description": "church and imperial mausoleum in Turkey", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [331, 1196], "span_label": ["331 CE", "1196 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "constantius-ii", "label": "Constantius II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "religion", "label": "Religion", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "heraclius", "label": "Heraclius", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leo-vi-the-wise", "label": "Leo VI the Wise", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "michael-iii", "label": "Michael III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "december", "label": "December", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-vi-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 331, "year_label": "331 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Constantine I dedicates the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1308906041#Roman_Empire", "title": "331", "revid": 1308906041, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 357, "year_label": "357 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "At about this date, the relics of St Andrew the Apostle are taken from Patras to Constantinople by order of the Emperor Constantius II, and deposited in the Church of the Holy Apostles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331328193#Religion", "title": "357", "revid": 1331328193, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 361, "year_label": "361 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 11", "text": "December 11 – Julian becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire; he rules from Constantinople, and tries to restore paganism. Constantius II is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331332525#Roman_Empire", "title": "361", "revid": 1331332525, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 457, "year_label": "457 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27 – Emperor Marcian dies at Constantinople, possibly of foot gangrene, an infection contracted during a long religious journey. He is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles, together with his late wife Pulcheria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367050070#Roman_Empire", "title": "457", "revid": 1367050070, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 515, "year_label": "515 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Empress Ariadne, wife of Emperor Anastasius I, dies at Constantinople and is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754462#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "515", "revid": 1364754462, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 548, "year_label": "548 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – Empress Theodora I dies at age 48, probably of breast cancer (according to Bishop Victor of Tunnuna). Her body is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles (Constantinople).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141112#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "548", "revid": 1368141112, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 612, "year_label": "612 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – Empress Eudokia, wife of Heraclius, dies of epilepsy. She leaves two children, and is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635982#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "612", "revid": 1367635982, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 874, "year_label": "874 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – The remains of Saint Nikephorus I are interred in the Church of the Holy Apostles, in Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347164206#Religion", "title": "874", "revid": 1347164206, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 886, "year_label": "886 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – Emperor Basil I the Macedonian dies from a fever, contracted after a hunting accident. He is succeeded by the 19-year-old Leo VI, officially Basil's son, but reputedly a son of former emperor Michael III, as sole ruler (basileus) of the Byzantine Empire. After his coronation Leo reburies the remains of his reputed father Michael, with great ceremony in the imperial mausoleum, within the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367666946#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "886", "revid": 1367666946, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1196, "year_label": "1196 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December", "text": "December – Emperor Alexios III Angelos is threatened by Emperor Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, who demands 5,000 pounds of gold or the Byzantines will face an invasion, this due to a convoluted system of dynastic claims of Henry gaining control of Alexios' daughter Irene Doukaina. The amount is negotiated down to 1,600 pounds of gold – with Alexios plundering the imperial tombs within the Church of the Holy Apostles – as well as levying a heavy and unpopular tax, known as the Alamanikon (or German Tax).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362484493#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1196", "revid": 1362484493, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}