John of Würzburg, Description of the Holy Land 489-495
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Context
John was a cleric in Würzburg in Bavaria during the 12th century who
travelled on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land under the Kingdom of Jerusalem. In his itinerary
south from Mount Carmel, he describes Caesarea as a city associated with the early Church
and Herod’s building programs.
Text
Sextodecimo miliario a monte Carmeli contra meridiem Cesarea
Palaestina metropolis, ex qua Cornelius centurio, quem in ea baptizavit
beatus Petrus et creavit episcopum. In qua et Turris Strathonis,
in qua Herodes contra adventum Augusti Cesaris construxit de albo marmore portum. Ipse
Herodes turrim, quae Ierosolimam supereminet, quae et Turris David dicitur, Iosepho
attestante fabricavit eamque Antoniam vocavit.
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Textual Note
Ed. Huygens 1994Translation
Sixteen miles from Mount Carmel southward is Caesarea
Palaestina, the metropolis, the city of Cornelius the centurion, whom the
blessed Peter baptized there and made a bishop. Here also is Strato’s
Tower, where Herod built a harbor out of white marble against the coming
of Augustus Caesar. Herod himself built the tower that dominates Jerusalem, also called
the Tower of David. Josephus tells us that he built this Tower and called it
Antonia.
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Translation Note
Adapted from Stewart 1896Works Cited
- 1 Saewulf, John of Würzburg, and Dietrich, Peregrinationes Tres. Saewulf, John of Würzburg, Theodericus, ed. R. B. C. Huygens, Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaevalis 139 (Turnhout: Brepols, 1994), line: 489-495.
- 2 John of Würzburg, Description of the Holy Land by John of Würzburg, trans. Aubrey Stewart, Palestine Pilgrims’ Text Society 14 (London: Palestine Pilgrims’ Text Society, 1896), p: 62, section: 23.
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Joseph L. Rife, “John of Würzburg, Description of the Holy Land 489-495,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/236.
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