Saewulf, Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land 501-506
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Context
Saewulf was a English pilgrim to the Holy Land after the conquest of
Jerusalen by the First Crusade. This pilgrim may be the same person as Saewulf of Worcester,
a merchant who later in life became a monk at Malmsbury Abbey in Wiltshire. His account of
his journey in 1102-1103 records his voyage out from Apulia to Jaffa, his travels
particularly in Jerusalem and up to Galilee, and his voyage back from Jaffa to
Constantinople, where it ends abruptly. In this passage, Saewulf explains the routes between
Shechem and Nazareth and the coastal settlements, including Caesarea.
Text
De Sichem iter est ad Cesaream Palestinam, a Cesarea ad Cayphas, a Caypha vero ad Accaron. De Acharonte
distat Nazareth quasi octo miliaria ad orientem. Civitas autem Nazaret omnino a
Sarracenis devastata atque precipitata, sed tamen locum dominicae annuntiationis
monasterium demonstrat valde praeclarum.
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Textual Note
Ed. Huygens 1994Translation
From Sichem the road goes to Caesarea
Palestina, from Caesarea to Cayphas, and from
Cayphas to Accaron; from Accaron Nazareth is about eight miles east. The city of
Nazareth has been completely laid waste and overthrown by the Saracens, but nevertheless
the very renowned monastery points out the place of our Lord’s Annunciation.
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Translation Note
Rev. from Clifton 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), p: 73-74, line: 501-506.
- 2 Saewulf, The Pilgrimage of Saewulf to Jerusalem, trans. The Lord Bishop of Clifton, repr. New York: AMS Press, 1971, The Library of the Palestine Pilgrims’ Society of Palestine 4 (London: Palestine Pilgrims’ Society of Palestine, 1896), p: 25.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Saewulf, Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land 501-506,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/300.
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