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Shouldn't this moved to the Church of Saint Irene? --Ghirla | talk 14:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Why? It is the most famous building of this name. Literature about the Byzantine Empire uses this name. --Valentinian 10:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I posed the question when the article still sat at Saint Irene Museum. I have moved the article to its present name since then. I'm still concerned about the propriety of the name for Ayasofya museum, however. --Ghirla | talk 10:59, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

A bit belated and it's fixed now, but "Saint Irene" isn't really accurate anyway, since the church is dedicated to Holy Peace (or Divine Peace), not to a saint named Irene ("hagia" literally means "holy", though it's also used as an honorific for saints). Much like Hagia Sophia is dedicated to Holy Wisdom, not to a saint named Sophia. --Delirium (talk) 10:05, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually shouldn't this be moved to "Hagia Irene, Constantinople" or "Hagia Irene, Istanbul" considering there are multiple churches with this name? Same goes for "Hagia Sophia". Gryffindor 19:40, 22 July 2007 (UTC)