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Egeria: Diary of a Pilgrimage
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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.
Title: Egeria: Diary of a Pilgrimage
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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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