Egeria: Diary of a Pilgrimage
- ISBN-10
- 0809100290
- ISBN-13
- 9780809100293
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 287
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Author
- Egeria
Description
Written in the first part of the fifth century, this work is a charming record of the observations of a Christian woman on a lengthy pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. Her firsthand account is a work of major significance for the fields of archaeology, church history, philology, and comparative liturgy.
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