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class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Africa" title="Catholic Church in Africa">Africa</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Algeria" title="Catholic Church in Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Angola" title="Catholic Church in Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Benin" title="Catholic Church in Benin">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Botswana" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Church in Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Burkina_Faso" title="Catholic Church in Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Burundi" title="Catholic Church in Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Cameroon" title="Catholic Church in Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Cape_Verde" title="Catholic Church in Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Central_African_Republic" title="Catholic Church in the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Chad" title="Catholic Church in Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Comoros" title="Catholic Church in the Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Catholic Church in the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Djibouti" title="Catholic Church in Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Egypt" title="Catholic Church in 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href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Ivory_Coast" title="Catholic Church in Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Kenya" title="Catholic Church in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Lesotho" title="Catholic Church in Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Liberia" title="Catholic Church in Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Libya" title="Catholic Church in Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Madagascar" title="Catholic Church in Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Malawi" title="Catholic Church in Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Mali" title="Catholic Church in Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Mauritania" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Church in Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Mauritius" title="Catholic Church in 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Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_South_Korea" title="Catholic Church in South Korea">South Korea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Kyrgyzstan" title="Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Laos" title="Catholic Church in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Macau" title="Catholic Church in Macau">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Malaysia" title="Catholic Church in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Maldives" title="Catholic Church in the Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Mongolia" title="Catholic Church in Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Myanmar" title="Catholic Church in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Nepal" title="Catholic Church in Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Pakistan" title="Catholic Church in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Philippines" title="Catholic Church in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Singapore" title="Catholic Church in Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Catholic Church in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Taiwan" title="Catholic Church in Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Tajikistan" title="Catholic Church in Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Thailand" title="Catholic Church in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Turkmenistan" title="Catholic Church in Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Uzbekistan" title="Catholic Church in Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Vietnam" title="Catholic Church in 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Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Belarus" title="Catholic Church in Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Belgium" title="Catholic Church in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Bulgaria" title="Catholic Church in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Croatia" title="Catholic Church in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="Catholic Church in the Czech Republic">Czechia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Denmark" title="Catholic Church in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Estonia" title="Catholic Church in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Finland" title="Catholic Church in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Catholic Church in Turkey</b> is part of the worldwide <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>, under the spiritual leadership of the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> and the canonical leadership of the <a href="/wiki/Curia" title="Curia">curia</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> that is submitted to the Pope. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cath%C3%A9drale_du_Saint-Esprit_d%27Istanbul.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Cath%C3%A9drale_du_Saint-Esprit_d%27Istanbul.jpg/220px-Cath%C3%A9drale_du_Saint-Esprit_d%27Istanbul.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Cath%C3%A9drale_du_Saint-Esprit_d%27Istanbul.jpg/330px-Cath%C3%A9drale_du_Saint-Esprit_d%27Istanbul.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Cath%C3%A9drale_du_Saint-Esprit_d%27Istanbul.jpg/440px-Cath%C3%A9drale_du_Saint-Esprit_d%27Istanbul.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Holy Spirit Cathedral, Istanbul</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Turkey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2000s, there are around 25,000 Roman Catholics,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> constituting 0.05% of the population. The faithful follow the <a href="/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">Latin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaldean Rite">Chaldean Rites</a>. Most <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> Catholics are <a href="/wiki/Levantines_(Latin_Christians)" class="mw-redirect" title="Levantines (Latin Christians)">Levantines</a> of mainly <a href="/wiki/Italian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian people">Italian</a> or <a href="/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> background, with a few are ethnic Turks, who are usually either converts via marriage to Levantines or other non-Turkish Catholics, or are returnees from Europe who converted there, and who may often be still registered as Muslim by the government. Byzantine, Armenian, and Chaldean rite Catholics are generally members of the Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian minority groups respectively. Turkey's Catholics are concentrated in <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>. </p><p>By 2020, there were approximately 70 priests and 50 nuns serving in 52 parishes;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the church also ran 6 hospitals and homes for the old and infirm. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Paolo_Bizzeti" title="Paolo Bizzeti">Paolo Bizzeti</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Anatolia" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia">Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Persecution">Persecution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Turkey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Persecution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Catholic Christian community was shocked when Father <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Santoro" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrea Santoro">Andrea Santoro</a>, an Italian missionary working in Turkey for 10 years, was shot twice in February 2006 at his church near the Black Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had written a letter to the Pope asking him to visit Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> visited Turkey in November 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Relations had been rocky since <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> had stated his opposition to Turkey joining the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Turkey's <a href="/wiki/The_Council_of_Catholic_Bishops" class="mw-redirect" title="The Council of Catholic Bishops">Council of Catholic Bishops</a> met with the Turkish prime minister in 2004 to discuss restrictions and difficulties such as property issues.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 6, 2010, Bishop <a href="/wiki/Luigi_Padovese" class="mw-redirect" title="Luigi Padovese">Luigi Padovese</a>, the Vicar Apostolic of Turkey, was killed. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden_(2).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden_%282%29.JPG/220px-Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden_%282%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden_%282%29.JPG/330px-Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden_%282%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden_%282%29.JPG/440px-Sent_Antuan_Latin_Katolik_Kilisesi_%C3%B6n_cepheden_%282%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua, Mersin</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Turkey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_Catholic_Dioceses_in_Turkey.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Roman_Catholic_Dioceses_in_Turkey.png/300px-Roman_Catholic_Dioceses_in_Turkey.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Roman_Catholic_Dioceses_in_Turkey.png/450px-Roman_Catholic_Dioceses_in_Turkey.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Roman_Catholic_Dioceses_in_Turkey.png/600px-Roman_Catholic_Dioceses_in_Turkey.png 2x" data-file-width="1579" data-file-height="677" /></a><figcaption>Latin Church jurisdictions in Turkey</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_%C4%B0zmir" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of İzmir">Archdiocese of İzmir</a> <ul><li>seat in <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a></li> <li>Cathedral: <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Cathedral_(%C4%B0zmir)" title="St. John's Cathedral (İzmir)">St. John's Cathedral (İzmir)</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jurisdiction: <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese">archdiocese</a> without <a href="/wiki/Suffragan_diocese" title="Suffragan diocese">suffragan dioceses</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Anatolia" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia">Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia</a> <ul><li>seat in <a href="/wiki/Iskenderun" class="mw-redirect" title="Iskenderun">Iskenderun</a></li> <li>Cathedral: <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Annunciation,_Iskenderun" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral of the Annunciation, Iskenderun">Cathedral of the Annunciation, Iskenderun</a></li> <li>Co-Cathedral: <a href="/wiki/Co-Cathedral_of_St._Anthony_of_Padua_(Mersin)" title="Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua (Mersin)">St. Anthony of Padua Co-Cathedral, Mersin</a></li> <li>Jurisdiction: Immediately Subject to the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Istanbul" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul">Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>seat in <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a></li> <li>Cathedral: <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Spirit" title="Cathedral of the Holy Spirit">Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Istanbul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basilica_minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilica minor">Basilica minor</a></li> <li>Basilica minor: <a href="/wiki/St._Anthony_of_Padua_Church_in_Istanbul" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Anthony of Padua Church in Istanbul">St. Anthony of Padua Basilica</a>, Istanbul</li> <li>Jurisdiction: Immediately subject to the Holy See</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian Catholic Church</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Istanbul" title="Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Istanbul">Archeparchy of Istanbul</a> <ul><li>seat in Istanbul</li> <li>Cathedral: <a href="/wiki/Holy_Mother_of_God_Armenian_Cathedral_Church,_Istanbul" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Mother of God Armenian Cathedral Church, Istanbul">Holy Mother of God Armenian Cathedral Church, Istanbul</a></li> <li>Jurisdiction: Immediately subject to the Holy See</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church" title="Chaldean Catholic Church">Chaldean Catholic Church</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Amida" title="Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Amida">Archdiocese of Diyarbakır</a> <ul><li>seat in <a href="/wiki/Beyo%C4%9Flu" title="Beyoğlu">Beyoğlu</a>, Istanbul</li> <li>Cathedral: <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Diyarbak%C4%B1r" title="St. Mary's Cathedral, Diyarbakır">St. Mary's Cathedral, Diyarbakır</a></li> <li>Jurisdiction: Immediately subject to the <a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Patriarchate_of_Babylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon">Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Byzantine_Catholic_Church" title="Greek Byzantine Catholic Church">Greek Byzantine Catholic Church</a>: <ul><li><a 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Vicariate of Anatolia">Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Istanbul" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul">Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul</a></li> <li><b>Armenian:</b> <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Istanbul" title="Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Istanbul">Archeparchy of Istanbul</a></li> <li><b>Chaldean:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Amida" title="Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Amida">Archeparchy of Diarbekir</a></li> <li><b>Byzantine:</b> <a href="/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Istanbul" title="Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Istanbul">Patriarchal Exarchate of Istanbul</a> (Melkite Church)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Apostolic_Exarchate_of_Istanbul" title="Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul">Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul</a> (Greek Church)</li> <li><b>Syriac:</b> <a href="/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Turkey" title="Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey">Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Cathedrals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Latin:</b> <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Cathedral_(Izmir)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John's Cathedral (Izmir)">St. John's Cathedral, Izmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Annunciation,_%C4%B0skenderun" title="Cathedral of the Annunciation, İskenderun">Cathedral of the Annunciation, İskenderun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Co-Cathedral_of_St._Anthony_of_Padua_(Mersin)" title="Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua (Mersin)">Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua, Mersin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Spirit" title="Cathedral of the Holy Spirit">Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Istanbul</a></li> <li><b>Armenian:</b> <a href="/wiki/St._Mary_of_Sak%C4%B1za%C4%9Fa%C3%A7_Cathedral,_Istanbul" title="St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul">St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul</a></li> <li><b>Greek Byzantine:</b> <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Greek_Catholic_Cathedral,_Istanbul" title="Holy Trinity Greek Catholic Cathedral, Istanbul">Holy Trinity Greek Catholic Cathedral, Istanbul</a></li> <li><b>Chaldean:</b> <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Diyarbak%C4%B1r" title="St. Mary's Cathedral, Diyarbakır">St. Mary's Cathedral, Diyarbakır</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Churches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Latin:</b> <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St._Anthony_of_Padua,_Istanbul" title="Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Istanbul">St. Anthony of Padua Basilica, Istanbul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul_Church,_Adana" title="Saint Paul Church, Adana">Saint Paul Church, Adana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Teresa%27s_Catholic_Church,_Ankara" title="St. Teresa's Catholic Church, Ankara">St. Térèse Church, Ankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Benoit,_Istanbul" title="Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul">Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St._Mary_Draperis,_Istanbul" title="Church of St. Mary Draperis, Istanbul">Church of St. Mary Draperis, Istanbul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_SS_Peter_and_Paul,_Istanbul" title="Church of SS Peter and Paul, Istanbul">Church of SS Peter and Paul, Istanbul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_Catholic_Church,_Bornova" title="Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Bornova">Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Bornova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_Catholic_Church,_Konak" title="Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Konak">Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Konak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Polycarp_Church" title="Saint Polycarp Church">Saint Polycarp Church, Izmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Helena_Church" title="St. Helena Church">St. Helena Church, Karşıyaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_the_Virgin_Mary" title="House of the Virgin Mary">House of the Virgin Mary</a></li> <li><b>Armenian:</b> <a href="/wiki/Surp_Yerrortutyun_Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Catholic Church">Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surp_Yerrortutyun_Armenian_Church" title="Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Church">Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Relations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Nunciature_to_Turkey" title="Apostolic Nunciature to Turkey">Apostolic Nunciature to Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="Holy See–Turkey relations">Holy See–Turkey relations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Popes from Anatolia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_VI" title="Pope John VI">Pope John VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Conon" title="Pope Conon">Pope Conon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polonezk%C3%B6y" title="Polonezköy">Polonezköy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pangalt%C4%B1_Catholic_Cemetery" title="Pangaltı Catholic Cemetery">Pangaltı Catholic Cemetery</a></li> <li><a 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Kountouras">Kountouras Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Nymphaeum_(1214)" title="Treaty of Nymphaeum (1214)">Treaty of Nymphaeum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(1235)" title="Siege of Constantinople (1235)">Constantinople 1235</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genoese_occupation_of_Rhodes" title="Genoese occupation of Rhodes">Genoese occupation of Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Euboeote_Succession" title="War of the Euboeote Succession">War of the Euboeote Succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pelagonia" title="Battle of Pelagonia">Pelagonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(1260)" title="Siege of Constantinople (1260)">Constantinople 1260</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconquest_of_Constantinople" title="Reconquest of Constantinople">Constantinople 1261</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Viterbo" title="Treaty of Viterbo">Treaty of Viterbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Prinitza" title="Battle of Prinitza">Prinitza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Makryplagi" title="Battle of Makryplagi">Makryplagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Settepozzi" title="Battle of Settepozzi">Settepozzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Neopatras" title="Battle of Neopatras">Neopatras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Demetrias" title="Battle of Demetrias">Demetrias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_Alexios_Kallergis" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolt of Alexios Kallergis">Revolt of Alexios Kallergis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospitaller_conquest_of_Rhodes" title="Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes">Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Halmyros" title="Battle of Halmyros">Halmyros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manolada" title="Battle of Manolada">Manolada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Genoese_War_(1348%E2%80%931349)" title="Byzantine–Genoese War (1348–1349)">Byzantine–Genoese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_Saint_Titus" title="Revolt of Saint Titus">Revolt of Saint Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Echinades_(1427)" title="Battle of the Echinades (1427)">Echinades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_(1444)" title="Siege of Rhodes (1444)">Rhodes 1444</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_of_Sifis_Vlastos" title="Conspiracy of Sifis Vlastos">Vlastos' conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1463%E2%80%931479)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479)">1st Ottoman–Venetian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_(1480)" title="Siege of Rhodes (1480)">Rhodes 1480</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1499%E2%80%931503)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)">2nd Ottoman–Venetian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_(1522)" title="Siege of Rhodes (1522)">Rhodes 1522</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1537%E2%80%931540)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)">3rd Ottoman–Venetian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1570%E2%80%931573)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)">4th Ottoman–Venetian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cretan_War_(1645%E2%80%931669)" title="Cretan War (1645–1669)">5th Ottoman–Venetian War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Candia" title="Siege of Candia">Siege of Candia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morean_War" title="Morean War">6th Ottoman–Venetian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1714%E2%80%931718)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)">7th Ottoman–Venetian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Fall of the Republic of Venice">Fall of the Republic of Venice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Campo_Formio" title="Treaty of Campo Formio">Treaty of Campo Formio</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_Courtenay-Constantinople.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Latin Empire"><img alt="Latin Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Arms_of_Courtenay-Constantinople.svg/50px-Arms_of_Courtenay-Constantinople.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Arms_of_Courtenay-Constantinople.svg/75px-Arms_of_Courtenay-Constantinople.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Arms_of_Courtenay-Constantinople.svg/100px-Arms_of_Courtenay-Constantinople.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="478" /></a></span><br /><br /> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Principality_of_Achaea.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Principality of Achaea"><img alt="Principality of Achaea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Principality_of_Achaea.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Principality_of_Achaea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Principality_of_Achaea.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Principality_of_Achaea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Principality_of_Achaea.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Principality_of_Achaea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="478" /></a></span><br /><br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Lion_of_Saint_Mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Republic of Venice"><img alt="Republic of Venice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Seal_of_the_Lion_of_Saint_Mark.svg/50px-Seal_of_the_Lion_of_Saint_Mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Seal_of_the_Lion_of_Saint_Mark.svg/75px-Seal_of_the_Lion_of_Saint_Mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Seal_of_the_Lion_of_Saint_Mark.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_Lion_of_Saint_Mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="449" /></a></span><br /><br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Knights_Hospitaller.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Knights hospitaller"><img alt="Knights hospitaller" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Knights_Hospitaller.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Knights_Hospitaller.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Knights_Hospitaller.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Knights_Hospitaller.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Knights_Hospitaller.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Knights_Hospitaller.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="478" /></a></span><br /><br /> </p> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Republic_of_Genoa_(early).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Republic of Genoa"><img alt="Republic of Genoa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coat_of_arms_of_Republic_of_Genoa_%28early%29.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Republic_of_Genoa_%28early%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coat_of_arms_of_Republic_of_Genoa_%28early%29.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_Republic_of_Genoa_%28early%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coat_of_arms_of_Republic_of_Genoa_%28early%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Republic_of_Genoa_%28early%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="478" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Major centres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glarentza" title="Glarentza">Glarentza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patras" title="Patras">Patras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Islands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chios" title="Chios">Chios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesbos" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxos" title="Naxos">Naxos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">States and territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Empire" title="Latin Empire">Latin Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Thessalonica" title="Kingdom of Thessalonica">Kingdom of Thessalonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Achaea" title="Principality of Achaea">Principality of Achaea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Akova" title="Barony of Akova">Akova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Arcadia" title="Barony of Arcadia">Arcadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Argos_and_Nauplia" title="Lordship of Argos and Nauplia">Argos and Nauplia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquisate_of_Bodonitsa" title="Marquisate of Bodonitsa">Bodonitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Chalandritsa" title="Barony of Chalandritsa">Chalandritsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Estamira" title="Barony of Estamira">Estamira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Geraki" title="Barony of Geraki">Geraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Gritzena" title="Barony of Gritzena">Gritzena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Kalavryta" title="Barony of Kalavryta">Kalavryta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Karytaina" title="Barony of Karytaina">Karytaina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Nikli" title="Barony of Nikli">Nikli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Passavant" title="Barony of Passavant">Passavant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Patras" title="Barony of Patras">Patras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Veligosti" title="Barony of Veligosti">Veligosti and Damala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Vostitsa" title="Barony of Vostitsa">Vostitsa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Athens" title="Duchy of Athens">Duchy of Athens</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Salona" title="Lordship of Salona">Salona</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Neopatras" title="Duchy of Neopatras">Duchy of Neopatras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Palatine_of_Cephalonia_and_Zakynthos" title="County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos">County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Chios" title="Lordship of Chios">Lordship of Chios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maona_of_Chios_and_Phocaea" title="Maona of Chios and Phocaea">Maona of Chios and Phocaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catalan_Company" title="Catalan Company">Catalan Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navarrese_Company" title="Navarrese Company">Navarrese Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospitaller_Rhodes" title="Hospitaller Rhodes">Hospitaller Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triarchy_of_Negroponte" title="Triarchy of Negroponte">Triarchy of Negroponte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_the_Archipelago" title="Duchy of the Archipelago">Duchy of the Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stato_da_M%C3%A0r" title="Stato da Màr">Stato da Màr</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Candia" title="Kingdom of Candia">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionian_Islands_under_Venetian_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Ionian Islands under Venetian rule">Ionian Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methoni,_Messenia" title="Methoni, Messenia">Modon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Koroni" title="Koroni">Coron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Morea" title="Kingdom of the Morea">Kingdom of the Morea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nafpaktos" title="Nafpaktos">Lepanto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parga" title="Parga">Parga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preveza" title="Preveza">Preveza</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Emperor" title="Latin Emperor">Latin Emperors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Latin_empresses" title="List of Latin empresses">Latin Empresses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople">Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Achaea#Princes_of_Achaea" title="Principality of Achaea">Princes of Achaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_of_Achaea" title="Princess of Achaea">Princesses of Achaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailli_of_the_Principality_of_Achaea" title="Bailli of the Principality of Achaea">Baillis of Achaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Archbishopric_of_Patras" title="Latin Archbishopric of Patras">Archbishops of Patras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Archbishopric_of_Corinth" title="Latin Archbishopric of Corinth">Archbishops of Corinth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tocco_family" title="Tocco family">Tocco</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlo_I_Tocco" title="Carlo I Tocco">Carlo I</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acciaioli_family" title="Acciaioli family">Acciaioli</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_I_Acciaioli" title="Antonio I Acciaioli">Antonio I</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capetian_House_of_Anjou" title="Capetian House of Anjou">Angevins</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_Anjou" title="Charles I of Anjou">Charles I of Naples</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gattilusi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gattilusi">Gattilusi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallavicini_family" title="Pallavicini family">Pallavicini family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villehardouin_family" title="Villehardouin family">Villehardouin family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_I_of_Villehardouin" title="Geoffrey I of Villehardouin">Geoffrey I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_of_Villehardouin" title="William of Villehardouin">William II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_I_Sanudo" title="Marco I Sanudo">Marco I Sanudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boniface_I,_Marquess_of_Montferrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat">Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat</a></li> <li>Knights Hospitaller <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_d%27Aubusson" title="Pierre d'Aubusson">Pierre d'Aubusson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_Heredia" title="Juan Fernández de Heredia">Juan Fernández de Heredia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Villiers_de_L%27Isle-Adam" title="Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam">Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foulques_de_Villaret" title="Foulques de Villaret">Foulques de Villaret</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_de_Flor" title="Roger de Flor">Roger de Flor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaccaria" title="Zaccaria">Zaccaria</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benedetto_I_Zaccaria" title="Benedetto I Zaccaria">Benedetto I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martino_Zaccaria" title="Martino Zaccaria">Martino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centurione_II_Zaccaria" title="Centurione II Zaccaria">Centurione II</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Cultural impact</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chronicle_of_the_Morea" title="Chronicle of the Morea">Chronicle of the Morea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chronicle_of_the_Tocco" title="Chronicle of the Tocco">Chronicle of the Tocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assizes_of_Romania" title="Assizes of Romania">Assizes of Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Middle_East" title="Catholic Church in the Middle East">Catholic Church in the Middle East</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church_in_the_Middle_East" title="Latin Church in the Middle East">Latin Church in the Middle East</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latins_(Middle_Ages)" title="Latins (Middle Ages)">Latins</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Greece" title="Catholic Church in Greece">Catholic Church in Greece</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cretan_school" title="Cretan school">Cretan school</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cretan_literature" title="Cretan literature">Cretan literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heptanese_school_(painting)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heptanese school 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title="Castle of Mytilene">Castle of Mytilene</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Venetian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkadi_Monastery" title="Arkadi Monastery">Arkadi Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourtzi_Castle" title="Bourtzi Castle">Bourtzi Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frangokastello" title="Frangokastello">Frangokastello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortezza_of_Rethymno" title="Fortezza of Rethymno">Fortezza of Rethymno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Chania" title="Fortifications of Chania">Fortifications of Chania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Heraklion" title="Fortifications of Heraklion">Fortifications of Heraklion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gouverneto_Monastery" title="Gouverneto Monastery">Gouverneto Monastery</a></li> <li><a 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