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Egeria

Western Roman Christian woman, widely regarded to be the author of a detailed account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381/2-384 · Writers

Egeria, Etheria, or Aetheria was a Hispano-Roman Christian woman, widely regarded to be the author of a detailed account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381/2-384. The long letter, dubbed Peregrinatio or Itinerarium Egeriae, is addressed to a circle of women at home.

Egeria is read about 161 times a day, in 24 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.

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The historical details it contains set the journey in the early 380s, making it the earliest of its kind. It survives in fragmentary form in a later copy - lacking a title, date and attribution.

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