Cathedral of Saint John, Sebastia

Also known as Nabi Yahya Mosque, Sebastiya Cathedral, St John the Baptist's Cathedral

Tradition placed the burial of John the Baptist, the prophets Elisha and Obadiah, and Empress Helena's relics of the Baptist all at Sebastia, on a hilltop above the road north of Nablus. The Crusaders rebuilt an earlier Byzantine church in the twelfth century into a vast Gothic-influenced basilica, second in size in the entire Holy Land only to the Holy Sepulchre itself. The cathedral served as the seat of a Latin bishop and an important pilgrimage destination. After Saladin's victory in 1187 it was converted into the Nabi Yahya Mosque, which still occupies the building today; the crypt beneath the dome — with its reputed tombs of the prophets, marked by a mixture of Byzantine and Crusader masonry — survives essentially intact, as do substantial portions of the Crusader nave walls.

Coordinates: 32.2769°, 35.1939°

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