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Attempting to locate many of the stations of the Israelite Exodus is a difficult task, if not infeasible. Though most scholars concede that the narrative of the Exodus may have a historical basis, [9] [10] [11] the event in question would have borne little resemblance to the mass-emigration and subsequent forty years of desert nomadism described in the biblical account.
An edition of the Libellus de locis sanctis (Little Book of the Holy Places), a 12th-century Latin guide book of Palestine for the use of Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. [362] Bibliographia Geographica Palestinæ (1867). A bibliography of sources for the geography of the Holy Land, prepared by Tobler after an 1865 visit there.
Way stations were discovered along the route between Beersheba and Jerusalem from the time of the ancient Temple [dubious – discuss] and later during the Hellenistic and Roman eras. [6] Ritual baths ( mikvaot , Hebrew: מקוואות) served pilgrims during their journey.
The Abbasid Caliphate assumes control of the Holy Land. [c] [12] 777. Charlemagne and Harun al-Rashid pursue an Abbasid–Carolingian alliance. [13] [14] 15 August 778. A contingent of Basques ambush Carolingian forces at the first Battle of Roncevaux Pass. [15] Before 787. Saint Willibald writes of his travels to the Holy Land. [16] 25 July 812.
El Matareya, Cairo contains a tree known as the Tree of the Virgin, which is connected to the Holy Family's flight into Egypt. Coptic Cairo contains several sites linked to the Holy Family's flight into Egypt. Abu Mena, an ancient monastery founded on the burial site of Saint Menas of Egypt. A modern monastery was rebuilt just north of the ...
The Templar Trail is a pilgrimage path that follows the route used in 1096 by Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and his troops during the First Crusade to liberate the city of Jerusalem. It begins in Dijon, France and crosses eleven countries and two continents for 4,223 kilometres (2,624 mi).
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The stations grew out of imitations of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, which is a traditional processional route symbolising the path Jesus walked to Mount Calvary. The objective of the stations is to help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ.