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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Egeria canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian pilgrim
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Latin prose author ⓘ late 4th-century writer ⓘ travel writer ⓘ |
| correspondenceForm | letters to her sisters in the faith ⓘ |
| described |
Constantinople (probable)
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Gallaeci
ⓘ
surface form:
Gallaecia
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.