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This is a list of church buildings dedicated to Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia , also rendered Saint Sophia ):
List
Name
City
Country
Age
Notes
Hagia Sophia
Constantinople (Istanbul )
Turkey
6th c.
Turned into a mosque after 1453, now a museum
Little Hagia Sophia
Constantinople (now Istanbul )
Turkey
6th c.
the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), now a mosque
Hagia Sophia, Iznik
Nicaea
Turkey
6th c.
now a mosque
Saint Sofia Church, Sofia
Sofia
Bulgaria
6th c. (?)
Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Greece
8th c.
Santa Sofia, Benevento
Benevento
Italy
8th c.
Hagia Sophia Church, Nesebar
Nesebar
Bulgaria
9th c.
Church of St. Sophia, Ohrid
Ohrid
Republic of Macedonia
9th c.
Santa Sofia, Venice
Venice
Italy
9th c.
Santa Sofia Church (Padua)
Padua
Italy
10th c.
Hagia Sophia
Drama
Greece
10th c.
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Nicosia
Nicosia
Cyprus
11th c. (?)
Turned into a mosque in 1570
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk
Polotsk
Belarus
11th c.
Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev
Kiev
Ukraine
11th c.
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod
Russia
11th c.
Hagia Sophia, Trabzon
Trabzon
Turkey
13th c.
now a mosque.
Hagia Sophia
Mystras
Greece
14th c.
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Vologda
Vologda
Russia
16th c.
Saint Sophia Church, Moscow
Moscow
Russia
17th c.
St. Sophia's Cathedral, Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr
Ukraine
1748
Nikolskaya Church
Kamenki, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Russia
1813
St Sophia's Cathedral, London
London
United Kingdom
1882
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin
Harbin
China
1907
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Miami
United States
1948
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Washington, DC
Washington, D.C.
United States
1951
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Los Angeles
Los Angeles
United States
1952
Santa Sofia a Via Boccea
Rome
Italy
1968
St. Sofia churches
Greek "Hagia Sophia", Italian "Santa Sophia" is often rendered "Saint Sophia" in English even though the reference is to "Holy Wisdom", not to a saint.
This raises the possibility of confusion with churches dedicated to a saint of this name.
Churches dedicated to Sophia of Rome :
St. Sophia in Erbach, Odenwald , Germany
St. Sophia in Brüssow , Germany
St. Sophienkirche, Barmbek-Süd , Hamburg , Germany
St. Sophie in Randau, Magdeburg , Germany
Santa Sofia d'Epiro , Italy
Chiesa di Santa Sofia, Capri , Italy
Santa Sofia, Giugliano in Campania , Italy
Church of Santa Sofia, Lendinara , Italy
Santa Sofia, Naples , Italy
Chapelle Sainte-Sophie, Ille-et-Vilaine , France
Church of Vera, Nadejda, Lubov and their mother Sophia, Saint Petersburg , Russia
Church of Saints Sofia and Tatiana of Rome at Filatov Pediatric Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia
See also