person
Egeria (pilgrim)
Also known as Aetheria, Etheria
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- born. 4th centurylow · Wikidata P569
- floruit start. 4th centurylow · Wikidata P2031
- floruit end. 5th centurylow · Wikidata P2032
Western woman whose travel letter (c. 381-384) describes Sinai, Edessa and the Jerusalem liturgy.
Wikipedia extract
Egeria, Etheria, or Aetheria was a Hispano-Roman Christian woman, widely regarded to be the author of a detailed account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381/2–384. The long letter, dubbed Peregrinatio or Itinerarium Egeriae, is addressed to a circle of women at home. The historical details it contains set the journey in the early 380s, making it the earliest of its kind. It survives in fragmentary form in a later copy—lacking a title, date and attribution.
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- Egeria (pilgrim) · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q275899 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
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- Q275899
- VIAF 17218101
- Library of Congress n84128374
- Trismegistos author 5950
- Perseus 544
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- Mount Sinai · place
women · pilgrimage · liturgy · 4th-century