Tag: egeria

• The Itinerarium Egeriae: Mapping Egeria’s Pilgrimage On Candlemas

  

  In the Roman Catholic Church, the celebration held forty days after Christmas is the festival of Candlemas (February 2). Candlemas recognizes the presentation of Jesus in the temple and the purification of the Virgin Mary forty days after giving birth (Luke 2:22-29). This was in accordance with Jewish purity law (Lev. 12:4) which required women who […]

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  February 2, 2017

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  candida moss, candlemas, egeria, GIS mapping, Late Antiquity, manuscripts, mapping, medieval latin, mediterranean, pelagios, pilgrims, Pleiades, ryan horne