Today Pope Benedict XVI visited the sixth century Byzantine monument St. Sofia (
Aya Sofya![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vr_6LskBAKwvtV0kH1HVobF-L_v0rDqCOxTNU5atHVhkvTRaQTx8kucWQiDIjCBaMY2aXqdlOWnAKykvHL-2d4hVqoi0XLKQ_-O9Yys-gNLfqSI06xLTxwn8UI77hv8U9KEcBZTgEyqmmgoRd9KQ__AtG5o8eKDUgttO8ThXwfayVy=s0-d)
), which was once a Church in the Byzantine Era that was converted to a mosque by the Ottman Empire. Today it is a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
Photo of Pope Benedict XVI blessing a child as he visits the museum:
Tolga Adanali/Pool/Reuters
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It was interesting to see the different spelling for Hagia Sofia. The first time I had heard about this magnificent building was in art history class.
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