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This unremarkable church sits atop the site of one of the most celebrated shrines to the Virgin Mary in Byzantium. Citizens of Constantinople made regular pilgrimages to the spring, and in the 5th century A.D., Empress Augusta Pulcheria, wife of Emperor Marcian, had a church built on the site.
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Ayazma and the Church of St Mary of Blachernae
This unremarkable church sits atop the site of one of the most celebrated shrines to the Virgin Mary in Byzantium. Citizens of Constantinople made regular pilgrimages to the spring, and in the 5th century A.D., Empress Augusta Pulcheria, wife of Emperor Marcian, had a church built on the site.