Unknown, Piacenza Itinerary R 46
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Caesaream

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turris Stratonis

,

Caesarea Palaestinae

,

Caesarea

,

Strato’s Tower

, and

Caesarea Palestinae

are directly attested at Unknown, Piacenza Itinerary R 46. This passage was written ca. ca. 570-580 C.E. possibly in Piacenza. A pilgrim from Piacenza (ancient Placentia) in north central Italy wrote an account of his travels in Egypt, Palestine, Syria during the 570s. The work was once erroneously attributed to St. Antoninus, martyr of Piacenza, but its authorship is unknown. This early document, which combines both topographic inaccuracies and colorful observations, furnishes rich evidence for the personal experience of pilgrimage and the development of Christian cult-places in Late Antiquity. The text exists three versions with differences in diction and content: the Recensio Prior (G and R), two codices of early medieval origin with the same relationship to the text of the Itinerary; and the Recensio Altera (a), a group of codices that are inferior in various ways (Milani 1977, pp. 47-69). The text used here (R) is the best and fullest, and it shows the linguistic standardization of the Carolingian reform; the other texts of the Recensiones Prior et Altera do not diverge significantly in the passage concerning Caesarea. This passage refers to pilgrim’s stop on the road between Jerusalem and Joppa and Galilee and Damascus at Caesarea, where he sees the Christian sites.

Iterum venientes Hierusolimam, ubi etiam aegrotus remansi per multum tempus. Evidenter oculata fide vidi beatam Euphemiam per visionem et beatum Antonium; quomodo venerunt, sanaverunt me. Egressus de Hierusolima descendi in Ioppe. Ibi iacet sancta Tabitha quae et Dorcas dicitur. Deinde veni Caesaream Philippi, quae turris Stratonis, quae et Caesarea Palaestinae vocatur. In qua requiescit sanctus Pamphilus, sanctus Procopius, sanctus Cornelius, ex cuius lectu benedictionem tulimus. Inde per Galilaeam ascendimus et venimus Damascum. Ibi est monasterium ad miliario secundo, ubi sanctus Paulus est conversus, vicus qui vocatur rectus, in quo loco multae fiunt virtutes. Deinde venimus Heliopoli, et exinde venimus Emiza, ubi est caput sancti Iohannis baptistae qui est missus in doleo vitreo, quem etiam intra doleum oculis nostris vidimus et adoravimus. Exinde transeuntes per civitates, hoc est Larissa Aristosa et Epifania, venimus in civitatem splendidissimam Apamiam, in qua est omnis nobilitas Syrorum.

[Ed. Geyer 1965 and Milani 1977] [Codex Turicensis Zentralbibliothek 73 (ca. 800-842 C.E.)] [Minor corrections (spelling)]

Arriving again at Jerusalem, I remained there sick for a long time. Evidently by my keen-sighted faith I saw the blessed Euphemia in a vision and the blessed Antonius; just as they came, they healed me. I left Jerusalem and went down to Joppe. There lies St. Tabitha, also called Dorcas. Then I came to Caesarea Philippi, which is also called Strato’s Tower and Caesarea Palestinae. There resting in peace are St. Pamphilus, St. Procopius, and St. Cornelius, from whose bed we took blessing. Next we went up through Galilee and came to Damascus. A monastery is there at the second milestone where St. Paul was converted, the street called Straight, where many special deeds come about. Then we came to Heliopolis, and from there to Emiza, where the head of John the Baptist is in a glass jar; we saw it in the jar with our own eyes, and we worshipped it. From there, passing through the cities of Larissa, Aristosa, and Epifania, we came to the most magnificent city of Apamia, where all the nobles of Syria dwell.

[Adapted from Stewart 1885]

Works Cited

[...] R 46
[...] 35-36

Additional Bibliography

[...] R 46

[*Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History 8.13.6-8.13.7

*Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine 3.121

*Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine 3.143

*Symeon the Metaphrast, Life of Cornelius the Centurion 1-2]

[Arethusa (Aretosa, Aristosa, Al-Rastan)

Caesarea Philippi

Damascus

Emesa (Emiza)

Epiphania

Galilee

Heliopolis

Ioppe (Iope, Ioppa, Joppa, Jaffa)

Jerusalem

Larissa (Shaizar)

Palestine]

[Anthonius (Anthony)

Cornelius, Early Christian at Caesarea

Cornelius, early Christian at Caesarea

Dorcas (Tabitha)

Euphemia

John the Baptist

Pamphilus

Paul the Apostle

Procopius, Martyr at Caesarea]

[Christian Bible

Christianity

Geography

Pilgrimage

Society and Culture

Travel

Urban Topography]