Vlatades Monastery

{{Short description|14th Century Byzantine Monastery}}

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Vlatades Monastery or Vlatadon Monastery ({{langx|el|Μονή Βλατάδων}}) is a monastery in Ano Poli, Thessaloniki, Greece. Built in the 14th century during the late era of the Byzantine Empire, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with 14 other Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki because of its Byzantine architecture and importance of Thessaloniki during early and medieval Christianity.{{cite web |url = https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/456 |title = Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki |website = UNESCO World Heritage Convention |publisher = United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |access-date = 5 November 2022}} It is believed to have been built on the former site of Jason's house.[https://www.ncregister.com/blog/st-jason-a-thessalonian-friend-and-helper-to-paul Doyle-Nelson, Theresa. "St. Jason ― A Thessalonian Friend and Helper to Paul"], National Catholic Register, July 12, 2019 In 2005, a manuscript of Galen's Peri Alypias was discovered in the monastery's library.{{Citation |last=Petit |first=Caroline |title=A Long Lost Text: Galen's Περὶ Ἀλυπίας |date=2018-12-13 |work=Galen's Treatise Περὶ Ἀλυπίας (De indolentia) in Context |pages=1–9 |editor-last=Petit |editor-first=Caroline |url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004383302/BP000006.xml |access-date=2024-04-22 |publisher=BRILL |doi=10.1163/9789004383302_002 |isbn=978-90-04-38328-9|doi-access=free }}