city
Bethlehem
Bethlehem
31.705, 35.202
Attested. Jerome's residence is documented. The nativity tradition is much older than the archaeological proof of a specific house.
Jerome settled here in the 380s and worked on his Latin biblical translation. Christian tradition already treated it as Jesus's birthplace.
Sources
No separate modern citation is attached to this place. The confidence note above is the atlas summary of the evidence.
Cited notes
155. Justin Martyr mentions the birth cave (c. 155); Constantine's Church of the Nativity c. 330s
Justin, Dialogue with Trypho 78; Wikipedia 'Church of the Nativity' (opened) · Verified in the source note
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.