Pilgrimage (Itinerarium Egeriae) 40.1–49.3
Latin text: Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898) (Latin text: P. Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898), digitized by Open Greek and Latin (csel-dev, University of Leipzig), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 40
40.1CSEL 39:92
Item octauis paschae, id est die dominica, statim post sexta omnis populus cum episcopo ad Eleona ascendit; primum in ecclesia, quae ibi est, aliquandiu sedetur, dicuntur ymni, dicuntur antiphonae aptae diei et loco, fiunt orationes similiter aptae diei et loco. Denuo inde cum ymnis itur in Imbomon susu, similiter et ibi ea aguntur, quae et illic. Et cum coeperit hora esse, iam omnis populus et omnes aputactitae deducunt episcopum cum ymnis usque ad Anastase. Ea autem hora peruenitur ad Anastase, qua lucernarium fieri solet.
Likewise on the octave of Pascha, that is, on the Lord's day, at once after the sixth hour all the people go up with the bishop to the Eleona; first they sit for some time in the church that is there; hymns are said, antiphons suited to the day and place are said, prayers likewise suited to the day and place are made. Again from there they go up with hymns to the Imbomon, and likewise there the same things are done as there. And when the hour comes, all the people and all the renunciants lead the bishop with hymns to the Anastasis. They arrive at the Anastasis at the hour when the lamp-lighting is usually held.
Notes and citation
Summary: On the octave they go to the Eleona and Imbomon, then the Anastasis.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 40.1 (CSEL 39:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/40-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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40.2CSEL 39:92
Fit ergo lucernarium tam ad Anastase quam ad Crucem et inde omnis populus usque ad unum cum ymnis ducunt episcopum usque ad Syon. Ubi cum uentum fuerit, similiter dicuntur ymni apti loco et diei, legitur denuo et ille locus de euangelio, ubi octauis paschae ingressus est Dominus, ubi erant discipuli, et arguet Thomam, quare incredulus fuisset. Et tunc omnis ipsa lectio perlegitur, postmodum fit oratio, benedictis <tam> cathecuminis quam fidelibus iuxta consuetudinem reuertuntur unusquisque ad domum suam similiter ut die dominica paschae hora noctis secunda.
So the lamp-lighting is held both at the Anastasis and at the Cross, and from there all the people, to a man, lead the bishop with hymns to Sion. When they have come there, likewise hymns suited to the place and day are said, and that passage of the gospel is read again where on the octave of Pascha the Lord came in where the disciples were and rebuked Thomas for having been unbelieving. And then the whole reading is read through, afterwards a prayer is made, and when <both> the catechumens and the faithful have been blessed according to custom, each returns to his home, as on the Lord's day of Pascha, at the second hour of the night.
John 20:26–29 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At Sion they read of Thomas's encounter with the risen Lord.
- John 20:26–29. The angle brackets around tam are the editor's supplement.
Topics: Resurrection and ascension of Christ
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 40.2 (CSEL 39:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/40-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 41
41.1CSEL 39:92–93
A pascha autem usque ad quinquagesima, id est pentecosten, hic penitus nemo ieiunat, nec ipsi aputactitae qui sunt. Nam semper ipsos dies sicut toto anno ita ad Anastase de pullo primo usque ad mane consuetudinaria aguntur, similiter et ad sexta et ad lucernare. Dominicis autem diebus semper in Martyrio, id est in ecclesia maiore, proceditur iuxta consuetudinem et inde itur ad Anastase cum ymnis. Quarta feria autem et sexta feria, quoniam ipsis diebus penitus nemo ieiunat, in Syon proceditur, sed mane; fit missa ordine suo.
From Pascha until the fiftieth day, that is, Pentecost, no one here fasts at all, not even those who are renunciants. For always on these days, as through the whole year, the customary things are done at the Anastasis from the first cockcrow until morning, likewise at the sixth hour and at the lamp-lighting. On Lord's days they always go in procession to the Martyrium, that is, the major church, according to custom, and from there go to the Anastasis with hymns. On the fourth and sixth days of the week, since on those days no one fasts at all, they go in procession to Sion, but in the morning; the dismissal takes place in its order.
Notes and citation
Summary: No one fasts from Pascha to Pentecost.
Topics: Fasting, Easter and the church year
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 41.1 (CSEL 39:92–93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/41-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 42
42.1CSEL 39:93
Die autem quadragesimarum post pascha, id est quinta feria, pridie omnes post sexta, id est quarta feria, in Bethleem uadunt propter uigilias celebrandas. Fiunt autem uigiliae in ecclesia in Bethleem, in qua ecclesia spelunca est, ubi natus est Dominus. Alia die autem, id est quinta feria quadragesimarum, celebratur missa ordine suo, ita ut et presbyteri et episcopus praedicent, dicentes apte diei et loco; et postmodum sera reuertuntur unusquisque in Ierusolima.
On the fortieth day after Pascha, that is, on the fifth day of the week, all go on the day before, after the sixth hour, that is, on the fourth day, to Bethlehem to celebrate the vigils. The vigils are held in the church at Bethlehem, in which church is the cave where the Lord was born. On the next day, that is, the fifth day, the fortieth, the service is celebrated in its order, so that both the presbyters and the bishop preach, speaking suitably to the day and the place; and afterwards in the evening each returns to Jerusalem.
Notes and citation
Summary: The fortieth day after Pascha is kept with a vigil at Bethlehem.
- Why the fortieth day was kept at Bethlehem is not explained.
Topics: Easter and the church year
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 42.1 (CSEL 39:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/42-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 43
43.1CSEL 39:93
Quinquagesimarum autem die, id est dominica, qua die maximus labor est populo, aguntur omnia sic de pullo quidem primo iuxta consuetudinem: uigilatur in Anastase, ut legat episcopus locum illum euangelii, qui semper dominica die legitur, id est resurrectionem Domini, et postmodum sic ea aguntur in Anastase, quae consuetudinaria sunt, sicut toto anno.
On the day of the fiftieth, that is, the Lord's day, on which there is the greatest labour for the people, everything is done thus from the first cockcrow according to custom: vigil is kept at the Anastasis, so that the bishop may read that passage of the gospel which is always read on the Lord's day, that is, the resurrection of the Lord, and afterwards the customary things are done at the Anastasis, as through the whole year.
Notes and citation
Summary: Pentecost begins with the usual Sunday vigil.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 43.1 (CSEL 39:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/43-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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43.2CSEL 39:93
Cum autem mane factum fuerit, procedit omnis populus in ecclesia maiore, id est ad Martyrium, aguntur etiam omnia, quae consuetudinaria sunt agi; praedicant presbyteri, postmodum episcopus, aguntur omnia legitima, id est offertur iuxta consuetudinem, qua dominica die consueuit fieri; sed eadem adceleratur missa in Martyrium, ut ante hora tertia fiat. Quemadmodum enim missa facta fuerit ad Martyrium, omnis populus usque ad unum cum ymnis ducent episcopum in Syon, sed <ut> hora tertia plena in Syon sint.
When it is morning, all the people go in procession to the major church, that is, the Martyrium; all the customary things are done; the presbyters preach, afterwards the bishop; everything prescribed is done, that is, the offering is made according to the custom in which it is usually done on the Lord's day; but on that day the dismissal at the Martyrium is hastened, so that it takes place before the third hour. For as soon as the dismissal has taken place at the Martyrium, all the people, to a man, lead the bishop with hymns to Sion, but <so that> they are on Sion at the full third hour.
Notes and citation
Summary: After an early Eucharist the people go to Sion by the third hour.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 43.2 (CSEL 39:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/43-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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43.3CSEL 39:93–94
Ubi cum uentum fuerit, legitur ille locus de Actus apostolorum, ubi descendit spiritus, ut omnes linguae audirentur et omnes> intellegerent, quae dicebantur; postmodum fit ordine suo missa. Nam presbyteri de hoc ipsud, quod lectum est, quia ipse est locus in Syon, alia modo ecclesia est, ubi quondam post passionem Domini collecta erat multitudo cum apostolis, qua hoc factum est, ut superius diximus, legunt ibi de actibus apostolorum. Postmodum fit ordine suo missa, offertur et ibi, et iam ut dimittatur populus, mittit uocem archidiaconus et dicet: Hodie statim post sexta omnes in Eleona parati simus in Inbomon.
When they have come there, that passage is read from the Acts of the apostles where the Spirit came down, so that all tongues were heard and all understood what was being said; afterwards the dismissal takes place in its order. For the presbyters read there from the Acts of the apostles about this very thing that has been read, because this is the place on Sion — now there is another church — where once, after the Lord's passion, the multitude was gathered with the apostles, when this happened, as we said above. Afterwards the dismissal takes place in its order, the offering is made there too, and now, so that the people may be dismissed, the archdeacon raises his voice and says: “Today at once after the sixth hour let us all be ready at the Eleona, at the Imbomon.”
Acts 2:1–11 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: On Sion they read of the coming of the Spirit.
- Acts 2:1–11.
Topics: Eucharist, The Holy Spirit
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 43.3 (CSEL 39:93–94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/43-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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43.4CSEL 39:94
Reuertitur ergo omnis populus unusquisque in domum suam resumere se et statim post prandium ascenditur mons Oliueti, id est in Eleona, unusquisque quomodo potest, ita ut nullus christianorum remaneat in ciuitate, qui non omnes uadent.
So all the people return, each to his home, to rest, and at once after the midday meal the Mount of Olives, that is, the Eleona, is climbed, each as he can, so that no Christian remains in the city; all go.
Notes and citation
Summary: In the afternoon the whole city climbs the Mount of Olives.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 43.4 (CSEL 39:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/43-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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43.5CSEL 39:94
Quemadmodum ergo subitum fuerit in monte Oliueti, id est in Eleona, primum itur in Imbomon, id est in eo loco, unde ascendit Dominus in caelis, et ibi sedet episcopus et presbyteri, sedet omnis populus, leguntur ibi lectiones, dicuntur interpositi ymni, dicuntur et antiphonae aptae diei ipsi et loco; orationes etiam, quae interponuntur, semper tales pronuntiationes habent, ut et diei et loco conueniunt; legitur etiam et ille locus de euangelio, ubi dicit de ascensu Domini, legitur et denuo de actus apostolorum, ubi dicit de ascensu Domini in caelis post resurrectionem. Cum autem hoc factum fuerit, benedicuntur
So as soon as they have climbed the Mount of Olives, that is, the Eleona, they go first to the Imbomon, that is, to the place from which the Lord ascended into heaven, and there the bishop and presbyters sit, and all the people sit; readings are read there, hymns are said interspersed, antiphons suited to the day and place are also said; the prayers too that are interspersed always have such wording as suits both the day and the place; there is also read that passage of the gospel which speaks of the Lord's ascension, and there is read again from the Acts of the apostles, where it speaks of the Lord's ascension into heaven after the resurrection. When this has been done, there are blessed
Luke 24:50–51 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:9–11 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At the Imbomon the accounts of the ascension are read.
- Luke 24:50–51; Acts 1:9–11.
Topics: Prayer, Resurrection and ascension of Christ
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 43.5 (CSEL 39:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/43-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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43.6CSEL 39:94–95
cathecumini, sic fideles, et hora iam nona descenditur inde et cum ymnis itur ad illam ecclesiam, quae et ipsa in Eleona est, id est in qua spelunca sedens docebat Dominus apostolos. Ibi autem cum uentum fuerit, iam est hora plus decima; fit ibi lucernare, fit oratio, benedicuntur cathecumini et sic fideles. Et iam inde descenditur cum ymnis, omnis populus usque ad unum toti cum episcopo ymnos dicentes uel antiphonas aptas diei ipsi; sic uenitur lente et lente usque ad Martyrium.
the catechumens, then the faithful; and now at the ninth hour they come down from there and go with hymns to that church which is also at the Eleona, that is, in which cave the Lord sat and taught the apostles. When they have come there, it is already past the tenth hour; the lamp-lighting is held there, a prayer is made, the catechumens are blessed and then the faithful. And from there they come down with hymns, all the people to a man, all with the bishop saying hymns or antiphons suited to that day; so they come slowly, slowly to the Martyrium.
Notes and citation
Summary: They hold the lamp-lighting at the Eleona and descend to the Martyrium.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 43.6 (CSEL 39:94–95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/43-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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43.7CSEL 39:95
Cum autem peruenitur ad portam ciuitatis, iam nox est et occurrent candelae ecclesiasticae uel ducentae propter populo; de porta autem, quoniam satis est usque ad ecclesia maiore, id est ad Martyrium, porro hora noctis forsitan secunda peruenitur, quia lente et lente itur totum pro populo, ne fatigentur pedibus. Et apertis ualuis maioribus, quae sunt de quintana parte, omnis populus intrat in Martyrium cum ymnis et episcopo. Ingressi autem in ecclesia dicuntur ymni, fit oratio, benedicuntur cathecumini et sic fideles; et inde denuo cum ymnis itur ad Anastase.
When they reach the gate of the city, it is already night, and church candles, perhaps two hundred, come to meet them for the people; and from the gate, since it is quite far to the major church, that is, to the Martyrium, they arrive at perhaps the second hour of the night, because they go the whole way slowly, slowly for the people, lest they be tired on their feet. And when the great doors have been opened, which are on the side of the market street, all the people enter the Martyrium with hymns and the bishop. When they have entered the church, hymns are said, a prayer is made, the catechumens are blessed and then the faithful; and from there again they go with hymns to the Anastasis.
Notes and citation
Summary: By candlelight they return to the Martyrium and then the Anastasis.
- quintana: the market street (originally the camp street).
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 43.7 (CSEL 39:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/43-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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43.8CSEL 39:95
Similiter ad Anastase cum uentum fuerit, dicuntur ymni seu antiphonae, ut oratio, benedicuntur cathecumini, sic fideles; similiter fit et ad Crucem. Et denuo inde omnis populus christianus usque ad unum cum ymnis ducunt episcopum usque ad Syon.
Likewise when they have come to the Anastasis, hymns or antiphons are said, a prayer [is made], the catechumens are blessed, then the faithful; likewise it is done at the Cross too. And again from there all the Christian people, to a man, lead the bishop with hymns to Sion.
Notes and citation
Summary: From the Anastasis and Cross they go again to Sion.
- The digital text reads ut oratio, apparently for fit oratio.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 43.8 (CSEL 39:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/43-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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43.9CSEL 39:95
Ubi cum uentum fuerit, leguntur lectiones aptae, dicuntur psalmi uel antiphonae, fit oratio, benedicuntur cathecumini et sic fideles et fit missa. Missa autem facta accedunt omnes ad manum episcopi et sic reuertuntur unusquisque ad domum suam hora noctis forsitan media. Ac sic ergo maximus labor in ea die suffertur, quoniam de pullo primo uigilatum est ad Anastase et inde per tota die nunquam cessatum est; et sic omnia, quae celebrantur, protrahuntur, ut nocte media post missa, quae facta fuerit in Sion, omnes ad domos suas reuertantur.
When they have come there, suitable readings are read, psalms or antiphons are said, a prayer is made, the catechumens are blessed and then the faithful, and the dismissal takes place. When the dismissal has taken place, all come up to the bishop's hand, and so each returns to his home at perhaps midnight. So, then, the greatest labour is borne on that day, since vigil has been kept from the first cockcrow at the Anastasis and from then there has been no pause through the whole day; and so everything celebrated is drawn out, so that at midnight, after the dismissal which takes place on Sion, all return to their homes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Pentecost ends at midnight on Sion after a day of labour.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 43.9 (CSEL 39:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/43-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 44
44.1CSEL 39:95–96
Iam autem de alia die quinquagesimarum omnes ieiunant iuxta consuetudinem sicut toto anno, qui prout potest, excepta die sabbati et dominica, qua numquam ieiunatur in hisdem locis. Etiam postmodum ceteris diebus ita singula aguntur ut toto anno, id est <ut> semper de pullo primo ad Anastase uigiletur. Nam si dominica dies est, primum leget de pullo
From the next day after the fiftieth all fast according to custom as through the whole year, each as he can, except on the sabbath and the Lord's day, on which there is never fasting in these places. Afterwards too, on the other days, everything is done as through the whole year, that is, <that> vigil is always kept from the first cockcrow at the Anastasis. For if it is the Lord's day, first at the first
Notes and citation
Summary: After Pentecost the usual fasts and daily vigils resume.
- The angle brackets around ut are the editor's supplement.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 44.1 (CSEL 39:95–96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/44-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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44.2CSEL 39:96
primo episcopus euangelium iuxta consuetudinem intro Anastase locum resurrectionis Domini, qui semper dominica die legitur, et postmodum ymni seu antiphonae usque ad lucem dicuntur in Anastase; si autem dominica dies non est, tantum quod ymni uel antiphonae similiter de pullo primo usque ad lucem dicuntur in Anastase. Aputactitae omnes uadent, de plebe
cockcrow the bishop reads the gospel according to custom inside the Anastasis, the passage of the Lord's resurrection, which is always read on the Lord's day, and afterwards hymns or antiphons are said until daylight at the Anastasis; but if it is not the Lord's day, only hymns or antiphons are likewise said from the first cockcrow until daylight at the Anastasis. All the renunciants go; of the people
Notes and citation
Summary: On Sundays the resurrection gospel is read at cockcrow.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 44.2 (CSEL 39:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/44-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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44.3CSEL 39:96
autem qui quomodo possunt uadent, clerici autem cotidie uicibus uadent; clerici autem de pullo primo, episcopus autem albescente uadet semper, ut missa fiat matutina, cum omnibus clericis excepta dominica die, quia necesse est illum de pullo primo ire, ut euangelium legat in Anastase. Denuo ad horam sextam aguntur, quae consuetudinaria sunt, in Anastase, similiter et ad nona, similiter et ad lucernare iuxta consuetudinem, qua consueuit toto anno fieri. Quarta autem et sexta feria semper nona in Syon fit iuxta consuetudinem.
those go who can, each as he is able; the clergy go daily in turn; the clergy from the first cockcrow, but the bishop always goes when it grows light, so that the morning dismissal may take place, with all the clergy, except on the Lord's day, because he must go at the first cockcrow to read the gospel at the Anastasis. Again at the sixth hour the customary things are done at the Anastasis, likewise at the ninth, and likewise at the lamp-lighting, according to the custom with which it is usually done through the whole year. On the fourth and sixth days of the week the ninth hour is always kept on Sion according to custom.
Notes and citation
Summary: The daily pattern continues through the year.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 44.3 (CSEL 39:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/44-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 45
45.1CSEL 39:96
Et illud etiam scribere debui, quemadmodum docentur hi, qui baptidiantur per pascha. Nam qui dat nomen suum, ante diem quadragesimarum dat et omnium nomina annotat presbyter, hoc est ante illas octo septimanas, quibus dixi hic attendi quadragesimas.
And I ought to write this too, how those who are baptized at Pascha are taught. For he who gives his name gives it before the day of Lent, and the presbyter notes down the names of all; this is before those eight weeks in which I said Lent is kept here.
Notes and citation
Summary: Candidates for baptism give their names before Lent.
Topics: Baptism, Catechumens and catechesis
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 45.1 (CSEL 39:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/45-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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45.2CSEL 39:96
Cum autem annotauerit omnium nomina presbyter, postmodum alia die de quadragesimis, id est qua inchoantur octo ebdomadae, ponitur episcopo cathedra media ecclesia maiore, id est ad Martyrium, sedent hinc et inde presbyteri in cathedris et stant clerici omnes; et sic adducuntur unus et unus conpetens; si uiri sunt cum patribus suis ueniunt, si autem feminae cum matribus suis.
When the presbyter has noted down the names of all, afterwards, on the next day of Lent, that is, when the eight weeks begin, a chair is placed for the bishop in the middle of the major church, that is, at the Martyrium; the presbyters sit on chairs on either side and all the clergy stand; and so the competentes are brought one by one; if they are men they come with their fathers, if women with their mothers.
Notes and citation
Summary: The candidates are presented one by one to the bishop.
- competentes: those seeking baptism; the “fathers” and “mothers” are their sponsors.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 45.2 (CSEL 39:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/45-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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45.3CSEL 39:96–97
Et sic singulariter interrogat episcopus uicinos eius, qui intrauit, dicens: Si bonae uitae est hic, si parentibus deferet, si ebriacus non est aut uanus? et singula uitia, quae sunt tamen grauiora in homine, requiret.
And so the bishop individually questions the neighbours of the one who has come in, saying: “Is this person of good life? Does he respect his parents? Is he not a drunkard or a boaster?” And he asks about each of the vices, the more serious ones at least, in a person.
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Summary: The bishop questions the candidates' neighbours about their life.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray marks): Et.-:sic → Et sic; id homine → in homine.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 45.3 (CSEL 39:96–97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/45-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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45.4CSEL 39:97
At si probauerit sine reprehensione esse de his omnibus, quibus requisiuit praesentibus testibus, annotat ipse manu sua nomen illius. Si autem in aliquo accusatur, iubet illum foras exire dicens: emendet se, et cum emendauerit se, tunc accedet ad lauacrum. Sic de uiris, sic de mulieribus requirens dicit. Si quis autem peregrinus est, nisi testimonia habuerit, qui eum nouerint, non tam facile accedet ad baptismum.
And if he finds him without reproach in all these things about which he has asked in the presence of witnesses, he himself notes down his name with his own hand. But if he is accused in anything, he orders him to go out, saying: “Let him amend himself, and when he has amended himself, then let him come to the font.” So he speaks, asking about men and about women. But if anyone is a stranger, unless he has testimonies from those who know him, he will not so easily come to baptism.
Notes and citation
Summary: The unworthy are sent away to amend; strangers need witnesses.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ae his → de his.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 45.4 (CSEL 39:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/45-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 46
46.1CSEL 39:97
Hoc autem, dominae sorores, ne aestimaretis sine ratione fieri, scribere debui. Consuetudo est enim hic talis, ut qui accedunt ad baptismum per ipsos dies quadraginta, quibus ieiunatur, primum mature a clericis exorcizentur, mox missa facta fuerit de Anastase matutina. Et statim ponitur cathedra episcopo ad Martyrium in ecclesia maiore et sedent omnes in giro prope episcopo, qui baptidiandi sunt tam uiri quam mulieres, etiam loco stant patres uel matres, nec non etiam qui uolunt audire de plebe, omnes intrant et sedent, sed fideles.
I ought to write this, ladies, sisters, lest you think it is done without reason. For the custom here is that those who come to baptism, through those forty days on which there is fasting, are first exorcized early by the clergy, as soon as the morning dismissal has taken place at the Anastasis. And at once a chair is placed for the bishop at the Martyrium in the major church, and all who are to be baptized, both men and women, sit round near the bishop; the fathers or mothers stand in their place too, and also those of the people who wish to hear, all come in and sit, but only the faithful.
Notes and citation
Summary: The candidates are exorcized daily and then taught by the bishop.
Topics: Baptism, Catechumens and catechesis
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 46.1 (CSEL 39:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/46-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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46.2CSEL 39:97
Cathecuminus autem ibi non intrat, tunc qua episcopus docet illos legem sic: id est inchoans a Genese per illos dies quadraginta percurret omnes scripturas primum exponens carnaliter et sic illud soluens spiritualiter. Nec non etiam et de resurrectione, similiter et de fide omnia docentur per illos dies; hoc autem cathecisis appellatur.
A catechumen does not come in there, at the time when the bishop teaches them the law thus: that is, beginning from Genesis, through those forty days he goes through all the Scriptures, first expounding them literally and then unfolding them spiritually. They are also taught all about the resurrection, and likewise about the faith, through those days; this is called catechesis.
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop expounds all Scripture, literally and spiritually, during Lent.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): episcopus » docet → episcopus docet.
Topics: Baptism, Scripture and canon, Interpreting Scripture
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 46.2 (CSEL 39:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/46-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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46.3CSEL 39:97–98
Et iam quando completae fuerint septimanae quinque, a quo docentur, tunc accipient simbolum, cuius simboli rationem similiter sicut omnium scripturarum rationem exponet eis singulorum sermonum primum carnaliter et sic spiritualiter, ita et simbolum exponet. Ac sic est, ut in hisdem locis omnes fideles sequantur scripturas, quando leguntur in ecclesia, quia omnes docentur per illos dies quadraginta, id est ab hora prima usque ad horam tertiam, quoniam per tres horas fit cathecisin.
And when five weeks have been completed since they began to be taught, then they receive the creed; and the meaning of this creed, as with the meaning of all the Scriptures, he expounds to them, each phrase first literally and then spiritually; so too he expounds the creed. And so it is that in these places all the faithful follow the Scriptures when they are read in church, because all are taught through those forty days, that is, from the first hour to the third, since the catechesis lasts three hours.
Notes and citation
Summary: After five weeks the candidates receive the creed and its explanation.
- simbolum: the creed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): fideles. sequantur → fideles sequantur.
Topics: Baptism, Councils and creeds
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 46.3 (CSEL 39:97–98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/46-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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46.4CSEL 39:98
Deus autem scit, dominae sorores, quoniam maiores uoces sunt fidelium, qui ad audiendum intrant in cathecisen ad ea, quae dicuntur uel exponuntur per episcopum, quam quando sedet et praedicat in ecclesia ad singula, quae taliter exponuntur. Missa autem facta cathecisis hora iam tertia statim inde cum ymnis ducitur episcopus ad Anastase et fit missa ad tertia; ac sic tribus horis docentur ad die per septimanas septem. Octaua enim septimana quadragesimarum, id est quae appellatur septimana maior, iam non uacat eos doceri, ut impleantur ea, quae superius <dicta> sunt.
God knows, ladies, sisters, that the voices of the faithful who come in to hear the catechesis are louder at what is said or expounded by the bishop than when he sits and preaches in church about each of the things that are expounded in this way. When the dismissal of the catechesis has taken place, already at the third hour, at once the bishop is led from there with hymns to the Anastasis and the dismissal at the third hour takes place; and so they are taught three hours a day for seven weeks. For in the eighth week of Lent, that is, the one called the Great Week, there is no longer time for them to be taught, so that the things which have been <said> above may be fulfilled.
Notes and citation
Summary: Catechesis lasts seven weeks; in Holy Week there is no time for it.
- The angle brackets around dicta are the editor's supplement.
Topics: Baptism, Catechumens and catechesis
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 46.4 (CSEL 39:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/46-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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46.5CSEL 39:98
Cum autem iam transierint septem septimanae <et> superat illa una septimana paschalis, quam hic appellant septimana maior, iam tunc uenit episcopus mane in ecclesia maiore ad Martyrium. Retro in absida post altarium ponitur cathedra episcopo, et ibi unus et unus uadet, uir cum patre suo aut mulier cum matre sua, et reddet simbolum episcopo.
When seven weeks have passed <and> that one Paschal week remains, which here they call the Great Week, then the bishop comes in the morning to the major church, to the Martyrium. Behind, in the apse, behind the altar, a chair is placed for the bishop, and there one by one they go, a man with his father or a woman with her mother, and recite the creed to the bishop.
Notes and citation
Summary: In Holy Week each candidate recites the creed to the bishop.
- The angle brackets around et are the editor's supplement.
Topics: Baptism, Councils and creeds
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 46.5 (CSEL 39:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/46-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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46.6CSEL 39:98–99
Reddito autem simbolo episcopo alloquitur omnes episcopus et dicet: Per istas septem septimanas legem omnem edocti estis scripturarum nec non etiam de fide audistis; audistis etiam et de resurrectione carnis, sed et simboli omnem rationem, ut potuistis tamen adhuc cathecumini audire; uerba autem, quae sunt misterii altioris, id est ipsius baptismi, quia adhuc cathecumini (estis), audire non potestis; et ne aestimetis aliquid sine ratione fieri, cum in nomine Dei baptidiati fueritis, per octo dies paschales post missa facta de ecclesia in Anastase audietis; quia adhuc cathecumini estis, misteria Dei secretiora dici uobis non possunt.
When the creed has been recited to the bishop, the bishop addresses them all and says: “Through these seven weeks you have been taught the whole law of the Scriptures, and you have also heard about the faith; you have heard too about the resurrection of the flesh, and also the whole meaning of the creed, as far as you could hear it while still catechumens; but the words which belong to the higher mystery, that is, of baptism itself, you cannot hear, because you <are> still catechumens; and lest you think anything is done without reason, when you have been baptized in the name of God, you will hear them through the eight Paschal days after the dismissal from the church, in the Anastasis; because you are still catechumens, the more secret mysteries of God cannot be told you.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop promises to explain the mysteries of baptism after Pascha.
- The angle brackets around estis are the editor's supplement.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Keddito → Reddito.
Topics: Baptism, Sacraments
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 46.6 (CSEL 39:98–99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/46-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 47
47.1CSEL 39:99
Post autem uenerint dies paschae, per illos octo dies, id est a pascha usque ad octauas, quemadmodum missa facta fuerit de ecclesia, et itur cum ymnis ad Anastase, mox fit oratio, benedicuntur fideles et stat episcopus incumbens in cancello interiore, qui est in spelunca Anastasis, et exponet omnia, quae aguntur in baptismo.
When the days of Pascha have come, through those eight days, that is, from Pascha to the octave, as soon as the dismissal from the church has taken place and they go with hymns to the Anastasis, at once a prayer is made, the faithful are blessed, and the bishop stands leaning on the inner screen which is in the cave of the Anastasis and expounds everything that is done in baptism.
Notes and citation
Summary: In Easter week the bishop explains the rites of baptism.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): mox: fit → mox fit.
Topics: Baptism, Sacraments
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 47.1 (CSEL 39:99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/47-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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47.2CSEL 39:99
Illa enim hora cathecuminus nullus accedet ad Anastase; tantum neofiti et fideles, qui uolunt audire misteria, in Anastase intrant. Clauduntur autem ostia, ne qui cathecuminus se dirigat. Disputante autem episcopo singula et narrante, tantae uoces sunt collaudantium, ut porro foras ecclesia audiantur uoces eorum. Vere enim ita misteria omnia absoluet, ut nullus non possit commoueri ad ea, quae audit sic exponi.
At that hour no catechumen comes to the Anastasis; only the neophytes and the faithful who wish to hear the mysteries enter the Anastasis. The doors are shut, lest any catechumen should direct himself there. As the bishop discusses and tells each thing, there are such voices of those praising that their voices are heard far outside the church. For truly he so unfolds all the mysteries that no one could fail to be moved by what he hears so expounded.
Notes and citation
Summary: Only the baptized hear the explanation of the mysteries.
Topics: Baptism, Sacraments
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 47.2 (CSEL 39:99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/47-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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47.3CSEL 39:99
Et quoniam in ea prouincia pars populi et graece et siriste nouit, pars etiam alia per se graece, aliqua etiam pars tantum siriste, itaque, quoniam episcopus, licet siriste nouerit, tamen semper graece loquitur et nunquam siriste: itaque ergo stat semper presbyter, qui, episcopo graece dicente, siriste interpretatur, ut omnes audiant, quae exponuntur.
And since in that province part of the people knows both Greek and Syriac, another part knows Greek alone, and some part only Syriac, therefore, since the bishop, although he knows Syriac, yet always speaks Greek and never Syriac, a presbyter always stands by who, as the bishop speaks in Greek, interprets into Syriac, so that all may hear what is expounded.
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Summary: A presbyter translates the bishop's Greek into Syriac.
- “Syriac”: the Aramaic spoken in Palestine.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 47.3 (CSEL 39:99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/47-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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47.4CSEL 39:99
Lectiones etiam, quaecumque in ecclesia leguntur, quia necesse est graece legi, semper stat, qui siriste interpretatur propter populum, ut semper discant. Sane quicumque hic latini sunt, id est qui nec siriste nec graece nouerunt, ne contristentur, et ipsis exponitur eis, quia sunt alii fratres et sorores graecolatini, qui latine exponunt eis.
The readings too, whatever are read in the church, because they must be read in Greek, there is always someone standing by who interprets into Syriac for the sake of the people, so that they may always learn. Indeed, whoever are Latins here, that is, those who know neither Syriac nor Greek, lest they be saddened, it is expounded to them too, because there are other brothers and sisters, Greek-Latins, who expound it to them in Latin.
Notes and citation
Summary: Readings are interpreted into Syriac, and bilingual helpers explain in Latin.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 47.4 (CSEL 39:99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/47-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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47.5CSEL 39:99–100
Illud autem hic ante omnia ualde gratum fit et ualde admirabile, ut semper tam ymni quam antiphonae et lectiones nec non etiam et orationes, quas dicet episcopus, tales pronuntiationes habeant, ut et diei, qui celebratur, et loco, in quo agitur, aptae et conuenientes sint semper.
But this is very pleasing above all here and very admirable, that always both the hymns and the antiphons and the readings, and also the prayers which the bishop says, have such wording that they are always suited and fitting both to the day that is celebrated and to the place in which it is done.
Notes and citation
Summary: Everything said suits the day and the place.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 47.5 (CSEL 39:99–100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/47-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898), digital text (OCR slips corrected by logged corrections; Geyer's square brackets treated as deletions). No public-domain or FOTC English was found, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.
Chapter 48
48.1CSEL 39:100
Item dies enceniarum appellantur, quando sancta ecclesia, quae in Golgotha est, quam Martyrium uocant, consecrata est Deo; sed et sancta ecclesia, quae est ad Anastase, id est in eo loco, ubi Dominus resurrexit post passionem, ea die et ipsa consecrata est Deo. Harum ergo ecclesiarum sanctarum encenia cum summo honore celebrantur, quoniam crux Domini inuenta est ipsa die.
Likewise the days of the Encaenia are so called, when the holy church which is at Golgotha, which they call the Martyrium, was consecrated to God; and the holy church too which is at the Anastasis, that is, in the place where the Lord rose after his passion, was itself consecrated to God on that day. So the Encaenia of these holy churches are celebrated with the highest honour, since the cross of the Lord was found on that very day.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Encaenia celebrate the dedication of the churches and the finding of the cross.
- Encaenia: the feast of dedication (September).
Topics: Church buildings
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 48.1 (CSEL 39:100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/48-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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48.2CSEL 39:100
Et ideo propter hoc ita ordinatum est, ut quando primum sanctae ecclesiae suprascriptae consecrabantur, ea dies esset, qua crux Domini fuerat inuenta, ut simul omni laetitia eadem die celebrarentur. Et hoc per scripturas sanctas inuenitur, quod ea dies sit enceniarum, qua et sanctus Salomon consummata domo Dei, quam aedificauerat, steterit ante altarium Dei et orauerit, sicut scriptum est in libris Paralipomenon.
And therefore it was so ordered for this reason, that when the holy churches mentioned above were first consecrated, it should be the day on which the cross of the Lord had been found, so that they might be celebrated together with all joy on the same day. And this is found through the holy Scriptures, that the day of the Encaenia is the day on which holy Solomon too, having completed the house of God which he had built, stood before the altar of God and prayed, as it is written in the books of Chronicles.
2 Chr 6:12–13 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Chr 7:8–10 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The feast coincides with Solomon's dedication of the temple.
- 2 Chr 6:12–7:10.
Topics: Prayer, Church buildings
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 48.2 (CSEL 39:100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/48-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 49
49.1CSEL 39:100
Hi ergo dies enceniarum cum uenerint, octo diebus attenduntur; nam ante plurimos dies incipiunt se undique colligere turbae non solum monachorum uel aputactitum de diuersis prouinciis, id est tam de Mesopotamia uel Syria uel de Egypto aut Thebaida, ubi plurimi monazontes sunt, sed et de diuersis omnibus locis uel prouinciis; nullus est enim, qui non se eadem die in Ierusolima tendat ad tantam laetitiam et tam honorabiles dies; saeculares autem tam uiri quam feminae fideli animo propter diem sanctum similiter se de omnibus prouinciis isdem diebus Ierusolima colligunt.
So when these days of the Encaenia come, they are kept for eight days; for many days before, crowds begin to gather from everywhere, not only of monks or renunciants from various provinces, that is, both from Mesopotamia or Syria or from Egypt or the Thebaid, where there are very many monazontes, but also from all various places or provinces; for there is no one who does not make his way to Jerusalem on that day for such great joy and such honourable days; and lay people too, both men and women, with faithful spirit, because of the holy day, likewise gather from all provinces to Jerusalem on those days.
Notes and citation
Summary: Crowds come from every province for the Encaenia.
Topics: Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 49.1 (CSEL 39:100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/49-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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49.2CSEL 39:100–101
Episcopi autem, quando parui fuerint, hisdem diebus Ierusolima plus quadraginta aut quinquaginta sunt; et cum illis ueniunt multi clerici sui. Et quid plura? putat se maximum peccatum incurrisse, qui in hisdem diebus tantae sollennitati inter non fuerit, si tamen nulla necessitas contraria fuerit, quae hominem a bono proposito retinet.
Bishops, when they are few, are in Jerusalem on those days more than forty or fifty; and with them come many of their clergy. And what more? He thinks he has incurred the greatest sin who on those days has not been at so great a solemnity, unless some contrary necessity has kept a person from a good intention.
Notes and citation
Summary: Forty or fifty bishops attend.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 49.2 (CSEL 39:100–101; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/49-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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49.3CSEL 39:101
His ergo diebus enceniarum ipse ornatus omnium ecclesiarum est, qui et per pascha uel epiphania, et ita per singulos dies diuersis locis sanctis proceditur ut per pascha uel epiphania. Nam prima et secunda die in ecclesia maiore, quae appellatur Martyrium, proceditur. Item tertia die in Eleona, id est in ecclesia, quae est in ipso monte, a quo ascendit Dominus in caelis post passionem, intra qua ecclesia est spelunca illa, in qua docebat Dominus apostolos in monte Oliueti. Quarta autem die............
So on these days of the Encaenia there is the same adornment of all the churches as at Pascha or Epiphany, and so on each day they go in procession to the various holy places, as at Pascha or Epiphany. For on the first and second day they go in procession to the major church, which is called the Martyrium. Likewise on the third day to the Eleona, that is, to the church which is on the very mountain from which the Lord ascended into heaven after his passion, within which church is that cave in which the Lord taught the apostles on the Mount of Olives. But on the fourth day …
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The stations of the Encaenia; the manuscript breaks off.
- The manuscript breaks off here; the rest of the work is lost.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 49.3 (CSEL 39:101; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/49-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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