Egeria

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Egeria was a late 4th-century Christian pilgrim and travel writer whose detailed account of her journey to the Holy Land provides one of the earliest and most important sources on early Christian worship and pilgrimage practices.

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Egeria canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian pilgrim ⓘ
Latin prose author ⓘ
late 4th-century writer ⓘ
travel writer ⓘ
correspondenceForm letters to her sisters in the faith ⓘ
described Constantinople ⓘ
Easter celebrations in Jerusalem ⓘ
Edessa ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Holy Week celebrations in Jerusalem ⓘ
Jerusalem liturgical year ⓘ
Mount Nebo ⓘ
Mount Sinai ⓘ
biblical sites in Palestine ⓘ
monastic communities in the East ⓘ
pilgrimage routes in the Holy Land ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre pilgrimage narrative ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
historicalSignificance major source for late antique liturgy ⓘ
one of the earliest Christian female travel writers ⓘ
one of the earliest detailed pilgrimage narratives ⓘ
knownFor Itinerarium Egeriae ⓘ
description of early Christian liturgy in Jerusalem ⓘ
detailed travel account of pilgrimage ⓘ
pilgrimage to the Holy Land ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
manuscriptStatus preserved in a single medieval manuscript copy ⓘ
survives in incomplete form ⓘ
nationality Roman Empire citizen ⓘ
occupation pilgrim ⓘ
writer ⓘ
possibleOrigin Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci

northwestern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
primaryTopicOf Itinerarium Egeriae ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sourceFor early Christian holy places ⓘ
history of Christian pilgrimage ⓘ
history of Jerusalem liturgy ⓘ
late 4th-century Christian worship practices ⓘ
timePeriod late 4th century ⓘ
work Itinerarium Egeriae ⓘ
Peregrinatio Aetheriae ⓘ
wroteAbout Christian communities in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Old Testament and New Testament sites ⓘ
wroteDuringReignOf Theodosius I ⓘ

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